What do I do with a Wedge?

[lotuesschen]

Hello everybody
After owning a Spitfire for 31 year, it was time it became a big baby brother. I went to a car museum two weeks ago (believe it or not , it is privately owned and the guy has close to 400 vehicles). After my visit the new number is 399. I can not recall how the conversation with the guy ended up talking about a TR 7, anyhow he said he has one and it is a car "no dog pisses on". Guess this got me really interested. The car has 33'750 kilometers on the tacho, no rost at all and the engine is running like a hummingbird. Checked it out with my race mechanic and he said "this may be the deal of your life"...so I took it.
Planning now to make something really sexy out of it, since all my other cars are left absolutely original, believe with this one I'll make an exeption. Any ideas and pictures to help me to make this the sharpest TR7 on the globe is greatly appreciated.

best regards from Switzerland
@lotuesschen@

[pupinabox]

Just my opinion....If it has no rust and runs great, and I assume it looks as good as it sounds, the sexiest thing you could do is nothing[:D]

Maybe a little spit and polish here and there. A little clean up, dress up. But if it were me, I would not mess with a near perfect example. These cars are becoming more and more rare, at least on this side of the globe, and it is funny to watch peoples faces as you drive by. Most people under thirty have never even seen one of these. I have even had some teenagers ask me what "Triumph" was, they thought it was some new model. Now thats sexy (at least for a 48 year old guy).

Just my opinion...

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[lotuesschen]

Hello,
tend to agree with you, however as I mentioned, keppt all my cars in absolut original condition and since I am 51 (guess getting ready for a change). Also need a project to get my son motivated...never got his hands used yet, but loves to move my Exige around the track...he has to learn something about the old mechanic.

@lotuesschen@

[Beans]

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Depends what in your opinion is "the sharpest" [:p]
But to build any decent car, attention to detail is most important.
If you look at my weblog, this gives you an idea what can be done with thses cars.
And please don't put one of those (imho) ghastly bodykits onto it.

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[FI Spyder]

If you want to customize, do a Japanese car. Seldom does any changes make any improvement in the look of the car. Grinnall provably did it best. Improvements to the 8 valve is another matter with headers, K&N filters etc. I did see a nice TR8 with leather seats, leather covered dash etc., it looked stock until you started looking at the details. Things like brake upgrades, tires/alloys work.

The devil is in the details. Any obvious deviations retract rather than add to the design. Just the nature of the design.

Substituting an engine/transmission transplant is an option. If I wanted to drive a more modern car I would just buy a more modern car.

The rarest of all TR7's is a stock one. Even the old unrestored ones have been personalized by PO's. I don't think I've ever seen one.



- - - - TR7 Spider - - - - - - - - 1978 Spitfire - - - - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - - Yellow TCT

[wedgewa]

Pristine original museum quality TR7s are an endangered species.
There's almost an obligation that comes with such ownership.

On the other hand, beat up TR7s badly in need of reconstruction or modification are easily and cheaply found.