TR6 Restoration

Saturday, 4 September 2010

European Tour

Here are a few photos from our jolly around Europe this summer.

They aren't in chronological order but will hopefully give you an idea of some of the wonderful sights we were lucky enough to experience.


Taking a breather while crossing the Alps from France to Italy.

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If Carlsberg made campsites... Our spot in the Cinque Terre, overlooking the Med.

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Salt lakes in the Camargue. One of my favourite places of the whole trip, wild and incredibly beautiful.

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Letting the Landy cool down in the Alps.

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The car doubled as a washing line. I don't think the Italians approved of our pop-up shanty-town

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Greenlaning on the via Francigena, an 8th century pilgrimage route.

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No pilgrims or peasants in sight here. The Land Rover attracted a few compliments and thumbs-up, our fans must have been fed up with Italian supercars.

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The legendary Route National 7 from Frejus to Aix-en-Provence, the route des vacances that Charles Trenet loved so much he wrote a song about it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z33pxbRcPBw, same car as Dad's too :)).

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Map reading in Tuscany near Florence. Another excuse to let the car cool down.

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The Massif de l'Esterel, seen from the route de la Corniche d'Or. Stunning but it took us five hours to get from Cannes to St Tropez (abour 50mi). Not great when it's 37deg.


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The MG and big Healey got all the attention.

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The terrifying mountain road in the Pyrenees outside the village we stayed in.

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Sunset seen from our campsite in the Cinque Terre. Paradise on Earth.

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Bologna and the leaking breasts.

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The Mont Blanc seen from Lake Geneva.

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Yvoire on the French side of the lake. Well worth the 2 hour boat trip.

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The grand canal in Venice. We took a taxi boat, the Gondolas rides were far too expensive!

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Como seen from above, thanks to the Funiculario.

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Swimming in the Med, Cinque Terre. We spent the morning walking along the coast, with the occasional swim break to cool down. In the afternoon, we were taken out in a boat and were equipped with snorkels and flippers. An amazing experience.

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All good things come to an end. After 3000mi of relatively trouble free motoring, the clutch or gearbox decided to pack it in. I'm still waiting for the landy to get home, it's sitting in a warehouse in Beziers waiting for a ride back to Northern France.

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Tuesday, 17 November 2009

TR6 Spec

A rough idea of the spec for my TR6 project:

- Fibreglass wings, bonnet, bootlid, rear valence, front valence and door skins
- No hood
- No bumpers
- 3.7 diff
- Undecided whether to stick with current 6>1 manifold set up or switch to a Phoenix 6>3>1 setup for more (alledged) torque
- Fast road cam
- Prestige fuel pump
- Keeping Yoko 195/65 R15 tyres on wolfrace rims but could get them powder coated black

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

New chassis

The new chassis has finally arrived. It was rebuilt a few years ago, along with the diff, brake lines and suspension but has never been used since.

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Monday, 26 October 2009

New tyres

Replacing and bleeding the clutch hydraulic system worked a treat. This weekend, we fitted some new Michelin XPC tyres on LWB rims. The result was no more tyre whine and much better on road performance. Next job on the list is replacing the springs and shock absorbers.

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Tuesday, 6 October 2009

New stablemate!!!

The TR6 is waiting for its new chassis to be picked up.

I'm planning a trip around Europe with my girlfriend and as we want to do it in a classic, I starting looking at cars on ebay, etc. I ended up buying a 1966 SIIa Land Rover on ebay, unseen.

It made it the 200odd miles back to France, only breaking down several times due to a problem with the fuel supply.

The previous owner had done a lot of cosmetic work but mechanically it seems sturdy enough although the clutch suffers from a 2-3second delay and the car has a marked lean to the right hand side. The tyres aren't suitable for serious road use and the springs are worn but the engine starts on the button, revs and ticks over smoothly.

Suspect air in the system is to blame for the poor clutch engagement so replacing the master and slave cyclinders will be the first job, along with the copper and flexi hoses.

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Thursday, 11 June 2009

New home

We've made space in the barn for the car. This is where the magic is (hopefully) going to happen...

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