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The frequency of use of a tool has absolutely nothing to do with the need to purchase it in the first place. Personally I work on the theory if I need a tool once I will need it twice but at present I too have a plama cutter I have used once to cut out 6mm stainless steel spacers for the Vitesse body mounts. It always looks easy on Youtube!

Fiat twin cams go well in Morris Minors easily fitting under the cavernous bonnet Back in the 70s the New Zealand Education Dept had a fleet of Fiat 124 Special T saloons. My parents owned 2 of these with the 1438 DOHC engine and 4 speed gearbox.

I would use a D/D H3 ply for that job or just get some cheap ply and seal it.

I do wonder if motorbikes and pushbikes have holes in the discs because of the thinness of the discs and metallurgy. I recall my old BMW with solid discs would warp the discs but my newer BMW has holes in the discs and dont warp as much. Might be barking up the wrong forest here

Pete I am well aware how rare the Cactus colour is and was very fond of it. Being persistently nagged at to change the colour I gave in to what my dad wanted the car colour to be for peace and quiet.

Can we politely ask why do you want a list of earth points? Do you have an earthing issue?

Many years before Subaru Ford had the market on Red and Gold, Mk1 Lotus Cortina looks nice. I have even wondered about a Gold flash on the Vitesse I am wanting to see Mk4 Spitfire wheels in OEW or Gold on a Red Vitesse/Herald. Maybe a job for a Photoshop-ist.

My Vitesse 6 is now Signal Red. Originally it was Cactus Green with a Black flash but due to incessant nagging I got the new body painted red. Anyway I have a set of Mk4 Spitfire rims that at present are silver but I would like to change the colour and am thinking Old English White or Cream though I have been toying with the idea of Gold like Mk1 Cortinas. Does anyone have a Herald or Vitesse with any of the combinations I have suggested and could they please post a photo. No rush the car has been off the road since 1983.

What is interesting with brakes these days is that discs are almost as consumable as pads, 2 or 3 sets of pads to 1 set of rotors. Drums go on forever!

Thanks Pete thats worth a look as I rebuilt it using the best of a whole bunch of Mk1 parts

Very satisfying getting an engine running after many years. During our first lockdown last year I got my Vitesse 6 running, it has been started sporadically over the 36 years the car has been in bits but this time it was with nearly everything hooked up as it should be. Apart from the fuel lines so I use the baked bean tin fuel system. Got to work out why oil does not seem to be at rocker shaft which I stripped and rebuilt last year as it was a hotchpotch of Mk2 and Mk1 parts.

I recall being in the UK on holiday in 2000 during the fuel tanker drivers strike. Rolling blokes on the motorways, farmers and trucks blocking the town centres and huge queues at the fuel stations. Kendall was hilarious as the 'blockade' came round every 10 minutes as they didnt have enough vehicles. The paranoia when you saw more than 2 trucks together on the motorways was interesting as they might do a rolling block. We travelled in a rented 21ft wobblybox so fueled up whenever we could

Many years ago on a job down south we had to do a late evening relocate to our accommodation a few hours away. Got to the pub we were staying at to be greeted by a very drunk publican who told us we were a day late and he had got a stripper in the night before for us. Dodged a bullet with that one thank god but he didnt have enough rooms for the six of us but we managed to make do, one in the bus out back, one in his daughter room (she was in the nearest city for a few days) and nthe rest of us in rooms of sorts. Anyway the next morning as we all get to our trucks the grip had a very dead duck in full flight wedged in the grill of his F350 truck, poor thing would have got a horrid shock getting that truck stuck up its arse.

If you have access to old Triumph door locks or probably any BL car of the 60s-70s then you should be able to get pins. I just had a b ox full of old Triumph locks I had collected over far too many years.

You can take the tumbler out and redo the pins to match your lock. I have key matched my Vitesse 6 so all locks (I added a lock to the passenger door) and ign are the same key but I had a large selection of the various locks to choose from. I believe the locks only have 3 different sizes of pins in a lock. Adrian

My dad has a 1935 car that came with a SU pump mounted on the bulkhead, standard fitment when new. Nothing modern about those new fangled Morris Minors Adrian

A good friend of mine has his third TR6 which is actually his first one that he has bought back and rebuilt the bodywork. During its absence from him it has been converted to 2.7 litres and other racing bits and bobs, it is still PI In his quest to convert it to a fast road car he purchased an overdrive box that was sold as suitable for a TR6, this was few years ago. Deciding to fit it during our latest lockdown he fitted it to the car and filled it with oil which proceeded to leak out from various points. Onto the computer and order some gaskets and seals from Rimmers and wait for them to cross the world for delivery. Parts arrive and gearbox removal and stripdown are undertaken, then I got a phone call asking me about Type A overdrives. I wasnt very helpful but Google was It appears that overdrive is from a Triumph 2000 saloon which has 4 springs in the overdrive clutch versus the Triumph 2500/TR6 that has 8 springs. I passed this onto my miffed friend and said I would ask about this around the forums. I will assume that a 2000 saloon overdrive Type A would be fine for a 2500 or normal tune TR6 but with this having a big bore engine the torque might be a bit much. But what do the forum think? The suck it and see approach could be a painful experience as it would involve removing and dismantling the gearbox again. Is it possible to upgrade the 4 springs to stronger items or does he have to bite the bullet and buy an 8 spring peg ring and the springs. Sometimes our Triumphs keep on wanting to be tragedies. Adrian

https://www.petes-tools.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXJMrJGwiREvg99zXaNbnQ Sit back with your favourite drink and enjoy Pete and his tools. This is a strong Kiwi accent and he is a character so you might need to watch the videos a few times till your ear gets accustomed. I found his videos when looking for Plasma cutter info on Youtube Adrian

Back before local roads had tarseal it was very common in NZ for locals to spray the old engine oil on the car undersides then drive on the local gravel roads, the dust would seal the oil to the chassis till the next year. This would have been up to the late 60s'. When I was a wee-un the pit in our garage in the NE of England would freeze up in winter.

It had the biggest puddle underneath😉

Do you need 'fat bastards' to do this on a GT6 or is that only for Herald/Vitesse

Lets introduce a Jaguar to a Triumph. And the last Innsbruck "We did our best with the Princess but in our eyes it would never be a Triumph"

I do like the electric window kit. Has anyone fitted anything similar to a Vitesse or Herald? The one fitted to the TR6 is a Spal kit. Adrian

Nice heat shields.

I found my copy of 'From Cotton to Cars 1965-1998' After spending a week looking for it and accusing everyone I could think of it was the first book I removed from the bookcase when looking for Vitesse books. As can be seen it was not uncommon for different brands to be on the line at one time. The best reference for photos would be from https://collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/explore They have a photo of my dad scratching his nose while standing next to Prince Philip, it went all round the world. I have uploaded a photo of the production figures