As many of you will know we have bought Howard81's 1980 Brooklands Green 1500HL Auto. Although not strictly a restoration, I thought this would be a good place to record our ups and (hopefully not too many) downs!
Nugget has so far been picked up from Poole and delivered to Totally Triumph in Cheshire, for welding and MOT.
The car has been up on the ramps and the diagnosis so far is:
Passenger side sill collapsed at the rear jacking point. Front jacking point seems fine. Sill will be removed, jacking point(s) repaired and a new sill fitted.
Drivers side sill a bit frilly at the bottom, but jacking points seem fine. Although it may pass this MOT, I'm going to have the sill removed, any repairs needed done, and a new sill fitted. That way we should be OK on both sills for a few years.
Passenger floor pan rotted, new section to be fitted.
Brakes not too good! We will wait to see what the MOT result is and take it from there.
One upper ball joint and one track rod end worn, will be replaced.
Other than the above (the vast majority of which I was expecting anyway) no horrors have been found!
Apparently the chassis legs are superb, as soon as the car comes home I will be rustproofing to keep them that way!
Fingers crossed Nugget will be coming home within the next couple of weeks.