'Tina' 1971 Toledo Restoration

[andrew_27]

Its been all go with the little Triumph lately..

the back door has been seam welded up and stripped of old paint and rust





and bolted on just to make sure nothings changed shape wise (which thankfully it hadnt!)





drivers door has also been stripped off and ready to go on the car prior to applying filler to even any minor inperfections out with regards to the overall shape of both doors and the sill.







next (and hopefully last!) major welding/repairing job is the passengers side headlight surround and the area around here



as you can see its not pretty but its not quite as bad as the other side was when that was first stripped back

[andrew_27]

here it is again with the worst parts cut out and repaired, a lot of it looks awful but is actually solid so i plan to tidy it up with a grinder and flap disk and any further bits that need cutting out will be done after that.







and that brings you up to date so far!..

[Jordan T]

Brilliant work so far mate!!
Your Tolly is gonna be a right 'bobby dazzler' when its finished

Keep it up

Jordan

[andrew_27]

Cheers Jordan! it seems like theres definitely light at the end of the tunnel now, i cant wait to get it on the road

[andrew_27]

hello

its been ages since iv updated my thread so i thought it best to! Loads of work been going on and needless to say its almost set to go away for painting. here are a bunch of photos showing whats been going on, mostly welding in new metal and filling. enjoy..





















loads more to come asap...

[andrew_27]

as promised...











on to the engine bay, the head was stripped, valves reground in and new valve spring seats fitted as the old ones had cracks in them. the cylinder bores looked absolutely fantastic though!



engine bay was taken back to bare metal too..











heres a few of the car just about all done (body work wise anyway!)







making sure the lights, grille and bumper fit...





and that brings you up to speed! aside from a couple of flatting down jobs and a bit of wire brushing work on the bonnet it about ready to be taken away and prepped for paint!

[sprint95m]

Andrew,
it is good to see you are making progress. (I did think it had been a while since we'd heard from you.)
You are nearing the brow of the hill, so it is all downhill to the finish .




Ian.

[maximus]

Fantastic read.Well done you must be proud of yourself Cant wait to see the finished article.

[grifterkid]

Amazing...!!!

This is going to look great and it is certinly inspiring me to get cracking on my Toledo.

Are you going to be keeping it the original colour? I cannot wait to see the end result

[andrew_27]

Just a little update... Toledo is now off to be painted, finally after 3 years!



A local company called Macintyres of Gosforth based in Wylam will be doing the work. they specialise in classic restorations.
more soon!

[andrew_27]

Been down today to see how things are going...

[DoloWIGHTY]

Wow as if things couldn't get more exciting....please keep us updated.

[grifterkid]

This is looking awesome, I cannot wait to see this car when the paint is on...!!!

What a great restoration, the lever of work and effort that has gone into this is great... I can only hope to give my Toledo the same amount of love some time soon!

Please do keep us posted...

[mach1rob]

Could you ask them to pop round and mask mine up please? It's the one job I hate.

[toledogav222]

nice read bud, looking just like mine at the mo. looking foward to the next installment