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There was a tasty TR7 v8 Tony Pond replica at the Brighton speed trials yesterday . Looked the nuts and sounded ace with it's 4x twin dcoes . Slow as fooooook though 
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Yeah, I'm gonna build the UK's fastest ...........Originally posted by mk1gaz View PostSlow as fooooook though
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.......... is it going to be comfy aswell ?Originally posted by RUDDY View PostYeah, I'm gonna build the UK's fastest ...........Comment
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lol , that won't be hard , just spray up a milk float in B.A. colours !!!!!Originally posted by RUDDY View PostYeah, I'm gonna build the UK's fastest ...........
sigpic 2.1 ATMO YB POWER .
Tick tock goes the clock and the clock don't lie .
12.4sec to 109mph With NO turbo , NO gay trailer , NO slicks , NO gas , NO race fuel and NO bits missing . Beat that !!!!Comment
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Originally posted by mk1gaz View PostThere was a tasty TR7 v8 Tony Pond replica at the Brighton speed trials yesterday . Looked the nuts and sounded ace with it's 4x twin dcoes . Slow as fooooook though
I took these with Mr Ruddy in mind
and here's the gold one that was there too:
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No 48 was the nuts , i loved it
. Just needs a proper engine instead of a Rover (maybe a LS7 or bmw v8) 
sigpic 2.1 ATMO YB POWER .
Tick tock goes the clock and the clock don't lie .
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Rob, thats a crack'n picture of number 48, it just looks so right, I could be easily swayed to the works colours.
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Do it ruddy , car 48 looked even better in the flesh , the pics don't do it justice .
sigpic 2.1 ATMO YB POWER .
Tick tock goes the clock and the clock don't lie .
12.4sec to 109mph With NO turbo , NO gay trailer , NO slicks , NO gas , NO race fuel and NO bits missing . Beat that !!!!Comment
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Go for it
Go on son, get it into works colours
Then cash it in and get a mk2 YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE
Oh and inlist gaz and it will be the quickest tr on the planet
regards john
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Too right fella , i have a few contacts plus there's no point in having 4 litres if it can't beat a x-flow !!!!!!Originally posted by rsjohn1 View PostOh and inlist gaz and it will be the quickest tr on the planet
sigpic 2.1 ATMO YB POWER .
Tick tock goes the clock and the clock don't lie .
12.4sec to 109mph With NO turbo , NO gay trailer , NO slicks , NO gas , NO race fuel and NO bits missing . Beat that !!!!Comment
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Been a while, hadn't lifted a finger on the TR for months and when I bought the MK1 GTi it looked like the Whitehaven BL Works Team would be closed down due to funding issues
, anyway the GTi was sold and a decision on the fate of the TR programme was made. I visited a hoard of brand new shells and decided that was the way to go, deal done I awaited delivery by Penrith Couriers last Saturday.
And here it is, still wearing its coat of factory primer that was applied in 1981 and 30 years worth of dust.
Into the workshop Monday morning and the job was handed over to Tony to fit castors to the body skids to allow the shell to be moved easier, then , as all the shells had factory sunroof holes the roof skin had to come off for a transplant.
All spot welds drilled and its off !! Sounds easy eh
Very little in the way of protection between the roof structure and skin and this was bare metaled and prepped before ....
Replacement with this, now where have we seen a car this colour before
Enter this piece of expensive kit
Back to factory joins
Next task , for Tony
, is to unpick the battery tray from the inner wing as its current location sits right above the exhaust manifold on the V8, factory TR8's moved the battery to the boot (as we will), some home conversions just leave it where it is but not good practice.
Have a pair of brand new doors now as well so hopefully we will try those on soon.
Cheers, Paul
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looking good paul....lucky ya dont have to work in your garage at home for this part of the build....keep the pics coming
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I love your work
“The great thing about the sierra is, it has all the mechanical simplicity of a knife and fork” Quentin WillsonComment
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hi
looking goood mate .at least u have a new shell ...keep the pics comeing.......
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