TR7 Update

"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml) 07/16/2019 at 15:45 • Filed to: TR7, classic car, V8

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So I bought a TR7 of ebay recently without viewing beforehand (yeah I know bad idea) as it had an mot and supposedly only needed the carbs doing (not an issue as the engine was being swapped)

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well there has been some progress made on it today but some shocking discoveries on it that may have put me off it, though these issues will be rectified

Starting with the underside... a lot of rust, some fibreglass and underseal

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Then we come to the worst part, the strut tower... the red outline is where it should be connected to the body but isn’t...

one good thing though, my dad had some other wheels lying around that was put on to see how it looks and think it suits it well compared to the wheels that came with it

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Tareim - V8 powered 07/16/2019 at 15:50

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|had an mot

MUSASHI66 > Tareim - V8 powered 07/16/2019 at 15:51

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How does a car like that get a MOT pass? 

Tareim - V8 powered > MUSASHI66 07/16/2019 at 15:56

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I think this answers your question

MUSASHI66 > Tareim - V8 powered 07/16/2019 at 16:13

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Interesting.. . can you go after the last shop that issued the MOT pass? After all, you bought the car sight unseen because they claimed it was good. 

Tareim - V8 powered > MUSASHI66 07/16/2019 at 16:23

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it’ll be more hassle than it’s worth as they’ll probably claim it was fine when they passed it and that I can’t prove it was that bad (mainly the strut tower) when they did it even though it was only last month and unlikely to deteriorate that quickly. also I’ve yet to get the logbook back in my name so can’t check where it was last mot’d

facw > Tareim - V8 powered 07/16/2019 at 16:46

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Were there any MOT failures (or interesting things to monitor) before the most recent pass?

Even if the system failed here, I do think it’s very good that the UK publishes MOT results online. I’d love it if we did that here in the US.

Tareim - V8 powered > facw 07/16/2019 at 16:53

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Nothing showing earlier than these 2 so must’ve been off the road for quite some time

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Tareim - V8 powered 07/16/2019 at 17:12

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Ouch that’s a rather nasty place for it to be rusty. Good thing you found it now, instead of once it’s V8 powered.

I’m so hoping my R17 will be as rust free as it seemed when I bought it....

Tareim - V8 powered > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 07/16/2019 at 18:27

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There’s always going to be some rust hiding somewhere on classic cars it seems

My bird IS the word > Tareim - V8 powered 07/16/2019 at 18:40

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I would still report them to the government

pip bip - choose Corrour > Tareim - V8 powered 07/17/2019 at 06:41

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nothing but the best from British Leyland

Tareim - V8 powered > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/17/2019 at 07:18

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The best at providing rust and plenty of it