I had a disagreement with Lacey today....

(Post from Jack)

- she didn't want to let go of her windshield frame.

things got messy...and ugly.

But, in the end, Lacey let go the windshield frame and survived just fine - same cannot be said for the windshield and frame - both of which died an ugly death.

I especially like the trail of dislodged rust dust under the sill.

Cheers,

Jack Mc

HoleyFramenCruciform!!

(Photo from Jack in Charlotte)
Picture says it all. Welding will commence shortly.

eBay auctions begin...

So, the great sell-off has entered Phase II; if you need TR6 parts, please check out our auctions at:

eBay Auction Link

and bid, bid, BID!!! :-) Just remember, you're supporting a grassroots Triumph race team looking to show everyone that a Triumph can still win races...

Update from Charlotte!

From Joe:
"Lacey arrived safely. After some "Triumph Shuffling" she is resting comfortably at a shop (Jack's rented space) in Concord N.C. We have names of several cage builders in the area and plan to move forward ASAP."

"On another front, Jack was kind enough to spend several hours (even though he had an autocross to prepare for!) to help me move a '76 TR6 parts car out of the woods where it had been for 10+ years into a rented garage that I have. We removed the gas tank, which Jack will inspect for integrity. If it is in good shape, we have our gas tank! There could be additional parts that we can use. A good couple of days!"

Hooray for the Charlotte guys!

Lacey moves to Charlotte

On Friday, four of our six team members met up at Wayne's Alignment in Siler City to talk about Lacey and transfer her to Charlotte to the custody of Jack and Joe for cage installation. We also resolved to enter the August 21-22 ChumpCar race at Roebling Road as our first event. That seems awfully soon as I type it.

Joe took this picture of me "driving" the car as we winched it on to Jack's trailer...seat is just placed into position...actually, it's not even in position yet...we decided we have to take 2" out of the middle of the seat, so we need to find a friendly TIG welder...

On the bright side, the eBay auctions for the remaining parts will start shortly... :-)

10:31 pm...

After working all night on the floor and the first stuck carb, I still have one carb to rebuild and have to load the car on the trailer to take it to Siler City tomorrow. Remind me again why I'm doing this?

Back to the garage...

Triumph...and Failure...and Triumph!

Got a lot of help today from Doug, a friend that volunteered his time in the rain today to pull and clean Lacey's gas tank. Unfortunately...some DPO (darn previous owner) beat us to it and did a crappy job of repairing the bottom of the tank. So...we're looking for another TR6 gas tank. Know of any?

The repair looks like brazed copper with fiberglass...weird. And some ugly sealant put in the tank bottom for good measure.

On the bright side, we were able to finish gutting the interior, including doors/side windows and the dash.

AND...SURPRISE...we STARTED THE CAR!!!!! Now, it didn't run very well because the rear carb's fuel jet was locked up solid. After looking at the carbs closely, they will need a rebuild. Luckily, I picked up two rebuild kits for the grand sum of $11.00 each at the Gathering auction a few years ago! So that's the project for the rest of the weekend...

Thanks to Doug!

Other important news: We've finalized the drivers at 6:

Jamie P.

Tim R.

Jack McG.

Joe D.

Vern B.

Kevin A.

Best of luck to the ChumpCar teams racing at Rockingham this weekend!!!

But on the bright side...

The driver's side floorboard was a different story...it was NEW, yes, NEW. Still painted in that electrostatic black primer...

Of course, in keeping with the workmanship of the rest of the car, it was held in with sheet metal screws...

But NEW! Wow!!!

Flt. Lft. Palmer

P.S. Thanks to Paul for being the first purchaser of the finest in used, RiffRAF Racing TR6 parts! We will be $33.33 closer to being legal (<$500), just $66.67 to go...

Just in case you didn't think this was a Chump-worthy car...

Whew! Who'd have thought that the major tool needed to remove the seat would be an air chisel (!) After 2 hours of fruitlessly trying to save the seat slides to put on ebay to help the budget...I gave in and air chiseled the seat slide out on the passenger side.

Turns out it was a TOTAL waste of time to try to save them. Reference the pictures...



So, at least I don't have to worry about auctioning those off! On the other hand, there were some useful components that I removed today, more to come. We have until Thursday to get the interior gutted as that's when Lacey will be displaced from the garage... :-)

Here's what the floor looked like, first right after I removed the seat, then after cleaning. Note the two layers of carpet...a layer of black indoor/outdoor carpeting was placed directly over the original carpet...or what was left of it.

Later on, what you see is what the floor looked like AFTER the debris...which was more substantial than the floor in some places...was removed. Look at the chump-worthy aluminum pop-riveted patch right over the rust! Of course, they missed a few holes, as is evidenced by the closeup...

TR6 back in the Garage!

Well, Lacey is back in the garage...I'll be taking parts off for eBaying later this week. Yea!!!

Flt Lft Palmer out...