British Leyland

[Indiana_Jones]

lol odd

-Indy

[YellowDog]

A real peach ready to be picked:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used...-469595793.htm

[Indiana_Jones]

Far too big for my liking.

I consider my landcrab as huge! Well not that huge, but pretty big compare to the mini and 1100/1300

-Indy

[dangerous]

I remember this car well. It was as mechanically problematic as most Triumphs tend to be

how do you figger that?
I only ever had one dud, and that wasnt the cars fult.
heres my last one before the rear was lowered with TR springs.

[YellowDog]

how do you figger that?
I only ever had one dud, and that wasnt the cars fult.
heres my last one before the rear was lowered with TR springs.

It's like the guy I met with the original engined old Stag. "Nowt wrong with these he said."

[dangerous]

It's like the guy I met with the original engined old Stag. "Nowt wrong with these he said."

mate... The 3L had a few issues but look on line at the mo there are several 3L on TM selling, still going strong.
Cant think of any issues with any other Triumph's off hand that gave any more shit than the avarage Pongo cage did of the time, beter than most... that thing of mine had 220,000 k on it and all It did then was burn a valve out.

[240]

mate... The 3L had a few issues but look on line at the mo there are several 3L on TM selling, still going strong.
Cant think of any issues with any other Triumph's off hand that gave any more shit than the avarage Pongo cage did of the time, beter than most... that thing of mine had 220,000 k on it and all It did then was burn a valve out.

Did my apprenticship on Triumphs and British Leyland at the end of their reign (Hondas were taking over).Triumphs were by far the most high maintenace vehicles we serviced (in fact when one came in we would fuck off and hope some other poor basterd had to remove the 5,000 bolts on the bell housing to do the clutch on a three year old car!).
The rear end on those things are a bloody abortion! In saying that would I own one now? ......yep!
I'm looking to buy a pommy classic in the next few months and a Triumph (unbeleviably to those who know me!) is on my list.

[dangerous]

Did my apprenticship on Triumphs and British Leyland at the end of their reign (Hondas were taking over).Triumphs were by far the most high maintenace vehicles we serviced.

Interesting... which cars were the worst? And how come 3yrs old ya were taking the box out of them? all mine (heralds, vetesse's TC's and a Stag) all well over 100k on em never gave me isues from about 10yrs old

[240]

I started my apprenticeship in 1980.By far the worst was the 2000/2500 tcs they had constant wheel bearing problems and of course replacing universal joints every bloody half hour or so.
The independant rear axle was a good idea but in typical British fashion, unreliable.
Replacing clutches at 20,000 k was a regular occurrence,
The last of the TCs were (in my opinion)the pick of the bunch. The 's' model had power steer and had ironed out a lot of the clunks and driveline freeplay the earlier ones had.
The build quality compared to Honda was frankly ...shit It was competing in a market with other vehicles which were made with a different philosiphy i.e not made to rule by unions which saw the quality of the mid 70s product turn to shit which ultimately killed off a great industry.
The fuel injected models were a fucken nightmare.
I didn't have much to do with earlier heralds etc allthough we did see the odd mk1 triumph.
Allthough it sounds like I am knocking the product I am not, that is the way it was and I still would buy one..
However facts are facts and that is my experience having been at a franchise for 8 years with them.
The only thing that came along and made the Triumph look relatively well built was the SD1 Rover and thats saying something!
However, seriously I am not trying to wind you Triumph lovers up, as they had a load of good features as well which far outway the bad and NO Jap car no matter how reliable etc etc can compare with the Brit stuff.

[YellowDog]

Thanks 240.

Ah....... those golden years

If you don't mind, I'll certainly PM you before I dive into another old Triumph.

There's a nice Stag here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAWH0EfMDfc

[ducatilover]

Please don't mention the SD1, I'd like very much to forget they exist (after I find and steal every twin plenum motor)

[240]

Thanks 240.

Ah....... those golden years

If you don't mind, I'll certainly PM you before I dive into another old Triumph.

There's a nice Stag here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAWH0EfMDfc

he he no prob mate I even have some genuine service tools hidden away somewhere (shhhhhhhhh!)

[240]

Y

Please don't mention the SD1, I'd like very much to forget they exist (after I find and steal every twin plenum motor)

Yeah mate the motor is excluded from any negative comments.They are sweet!!

[ducatilover]

Y

Yeah mate the motor is excluded from any negative comments.They are sweet!!

And the manual boxes, but we can peel 'em out of Taxis and Sherpa vans anyway

I want a P6b again, with a twin plenum set up and LT77 box.
That'd do me.

[240]

The mighty Sherpa van!! Shit I had all but forgotten about those boys!!
When I get a chance I will post a wee story about those! when they were brand new I used to convert them to cng and lpg I will tell my wee tale a bit later I thought it was as funny as fuck,hopefully you will too