Blimey, I used to use Robsport for my TR7 V8 (SAC 424W) back in the early 1990s, good to hear they are still going. I used to drive out to Royston to see them quite often, great guys who knew their stuff.

🥶 North Wales

i love and hate these cars with equal passion, ran one for two years back in the eighties. the design I think was gorgeous, but the build quality and reliability was awful. would love one that was profesionaly restored, with all the problems sorted, but now am too old to do it myself

Nice find on the boot lid 👍robsport. That Primer is porous, so best to put some actual paint on it.

Great that you managed to get a spare boot in the same colour. Any update from he insurance next door buddy?

The rear wing (at least) could probably be done by one of the dent removal specialists, so could the boot though that might be easier to replace😢

Hey, perhaps now you won't drive on a certain day and because of that, nasty bad thing doesn't happen. A wee bit of TLC to keep your hand in.

No worries. Car is ok. It could have been totalled, a pancake, and not the yummy kind. Yes, it's unfortunate, but I'm glad car is ok, and you can even drive it to the repair shop.

How frustrating with the original paintwork, looked after for all those years, not even your tree, gutted for you. Where there's a will there's a way.

Hope it’s not too expensive to get fixed mate.

Thanks for the update and the damage, pain in the butt eh. Good luck with any claim from them. Be careful up on that there roof too!

Bummer….. sorry to see but hopefully u can get it all sorted out soon🤞🏻

Sorry to see the damages done to your property ☹

The car isn't too bad, the dents can be dollied out, but the roof might be expensive. Bad luck Chris.

That could've been a lot worse than it is and I know it's easy for me to say that as I'm not the one who's got to spend the time getting quotes and fixing a garage roof. I suspect your nieghbours might be a tad less friendly when you give them the bills. At the end of the day they should've acted sooner a cut the tree back hopefuly you can get this sorted with out too much heart ache.

Fortunatley you've had the foresight to record this will be interesting moving forward what happens now. i would be in touch with council/ solicitors about that tree. I hope the blue car is not too badly damaged.

Will your neighbors insurance take care of it? This happens often here in Canada...sorry to see it Chris

Toughing out the cold and snowy weather. Good luck sorting out the mess and maybe just give up working on all cars till spring

Can be a tricky one this,. You are entitled to cut away any branches that extend over your boundary wall. Although the tree stems form you neighbours property for him to cut back the tree, he would need for your permission to gain access to your property, otherwise he is technically trespassing. It may be deemed an 'act of god' for the branch that fell unless you have evidence it was likely to go, then again the onous may be on you for not cutting it back. But the law may be slightly different in Wales. As an example I used to pick apples from my neighbours tree that was overhanging my garden, he got upset by it, why I'll never know, he wanted to cut the branches back so I refused him entry to my property, I can be a dick also!!

Animals knows exactly what to do on any given day, especially cold and wet days

Muy agusto el michi 🐈‍⬛

Hah, just like our cats, not a care in the world 😂

Nice to hear SAC 424W running, sounds great. I remember driving it around Kings Langley ,in Hertfordshire, turning heads wherever she went, anyway, Happy New Year Chris, have a good 2025. Look forward to new videos in the new year.

By jove you're ok for a tr7 😳😳😳

Hope you had a good one bud, I got my usual orange & nuts in my stocking ;)

Hey Mister, my shed's messier than yours!!

Comforting to know someone else has an untidy shed!

You have done more than me since the start of November, at 64 I know not to chance working out in the cold.

The wet weather in Sunny ☀North Wales is relentless isn't it. Happy and Joyful New Years 🙏. I got a TR8 and a TR7 with a V6 for Christmas this year

Happy new year too u, I hope you have a better one in 2025

Ah, reminiscent of a noisy drive to school past Morrison's Liberation Front 😂

That plate has a lip all around it too. Have fun tomorrow fabbing it

Good stuff mate, I'm not keen working on stuff in the cold!

Greetings from sunny Michigan, thanks for sharing.

Nice to see your still posting, can’t wait to see the blue one( 424W) done, I remember buying it from Yorkshire, many moons ago👍

Triumph projects will keep you busy everyday of the week if weather permits 🌧️

Nice to see ye still kickin bud!

That noise 😜

Must be hard getting all the parts for a V8 installation Chris, good luck.

With respect to the peg that bolts into the selector shaft. I beleive the peg should just slide fit inside the steel ball, the ball should stay in the nylon socket in the selector housing. If that's come out together then you will need to check the nylon cups that retain the ball (comapre it to the other one that is at the gear lever end. They should operate the same way)

On my 5 speed TR8, that single bolt that goes through the center of the gearbox mount, passes through the mount, then through a spacer and then bolts directly into the hole in the gearbox that is between where you have the two existing Rover SD1 rubber mounts.

That sounds sweet.

Hey Chris, love your videos, I have a stag with rv8 and am going through similar hurdles to get it running. Do you plan to get your edelbrock new off eBay? There are a few about 500quid was wondering if they are kosha… thx!

I've always found that if you pump the fluid through quickly by stamping hard repeatedly on the pedal then it bleeds successfully without drawing air through the slave... You have a very nice car collection there btw! TR7s are much under-rated, esp with upgraded engines.

2.21 you've got an orb in the video. Someone passed is watching.

Probably best to focus on the white car now the weather has turned would make great content as it loks like a shell I realise time and money also factor in to this all the best.

Look forward to you working on the white car next then, and yes, this rain is mind numbing. Great things come to those who wait though Chris👍👍

I have no idea how you can find , let alone work on the car inside that garage. I've spent days organizing my garage so I can actually find tools and parts when and if I need them. I always pressure wash a car clean before working on it also.

Chris ,were the Princess callipers new or second hand, and what discs are fitted

I am losing my eyesight but still find myself wanting to make you an offer on one of those cars and bring it to equally sunny Lincolnshire. What the hell I would do with it except listen to it's burbling engine though....