Im still enjoying this restoration.....

Kids taxi wrote:

Hi all
if you can't lay your hands on slippery silicone products go to your chemist and buy some KY jelly it doesn't do rubber stuff any harm, if fact its pretty inert all round so it has many uses getting stubborn rubbers into place, so to speak...

Dakota wrote:

I was wondering if you were planning to go as far as removing the torsion leaves from their tubes, Last Triumph.

I think that there may be a problem with that on my 1950 split, (another one, not Rattletrap). There doesn't seem to be much play in the front suspension on the driver's (LHD) side. If the car passes over a pothole for example, there's a solid jolt from that wheel. I am expecting that something has seized here.:?

Anyone here had seized torsion leaves:?:

Rattletrap wrote:

I know someone in bromsgrove if thats any good about an hour from you, she my 63 a few years ago same thing, piping and material good but had just come apart

mooney3019 wrote:

Sorry for being a party pooper but I have a question. You have blasted the beam etc in lovely amber stuff leaving the slight corrosion showing. Yet the body to frame mounts and bolts have been subjected to the vinegar torture. The result is new looking fixings. Why?

Ps did you have a serial number on your beam?

cupa65 wrote:

Here's a question for you...

On my drivers seat, a couple of areas of stitching has come away from the piping on the edge of the seat back and squab - about 6" in both cases.

The actual material is not torn and the piping is still intact.

I just want it stitched back together so it looks like it was never broken.

I guess I'll need to remove the seat and take it somewhere to be done.

Is there anyone (quality, who knows what they're doing and will do an amazing job) in the North West who would be able to do this for me without leaving a trail of destruction behind them?

Cheers

Last Triumph wrote:

Glad you've kept the single master cylinder. Did the same on the 65, as I wanted to keep the original brake pipes.

cupa65 wrote:

There's a lad:lol: called Chris works with Steve Gilbert at one on one restorations in Burnley does some very nice work,and knows more than enough,to treat your seats with due respect.

'50 Karmann wrote: