[Fot] Original GT6 starts after 27 year dormancy

[Tylerpthompson at yahoo.com]

Jason

Do you have any pictures you can post?  I am sure we would all love to see it!
I just started a restoration on a TR4, and although I don't have the history
you have, I am looking forward to the end result!

Thx

Ty

Tyler Thompson l National Account Executive - Public Safety Sector
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On Oct 16, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Todd Redmond <alfetta95 at optonline.net> wrote:

> Well done! And well written!  Congrats!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 16, 2012, at 7:30 PM, Jason Ostrowski <jason at multivintage.com>
wrote:
>
>> Well, miracles never cease!
>> Decommissioned from racing in 1985, and after a near decade long
>> restoration process...
>> Today we fired up the ole hound.
>>
>> My dad's "you could have bought a Ferrari for the same amount" restoration
>> met its symbolic (near) completion today.
>> Wow... This is the car that started everything for me; kindled this
undying
>> affection for Triumph masochism, made me a GT6 fiend, and sent me on this
>> path of racing these cars of all too unforgotten dreams.
>>
>> Yep, my pop bought it off the showroom floor in 1968.
>> Drove it regularly till he started racing it in the early 1970's.
>> And raced it until 1985.
>> Then it sat around... first for a few years in the garage. Then for a
>> couple decades standing on its firewall in the shed; "The Kingdom of the
>> Possum's"...Lots and lots of creepy hissing Possums came out of that shed.
>> Anyway, It was always a nice car. But the years in the shed and the years
>> at the track had taken its toll.
>> The car was completely 100% restored bolt by bolt, my dad's way.
>> Ultimately, his work ends in perfection... The hard way.
>> Usually, it would be far easier and much cheaper, had it been done by
>> anyone with tact; not to mention with much less bickering and
>> foul-mouthed swearing.
>> To his credit, the car is beautiful. Everything is perfect and original in
>> its stock appearance.
>> After a couple weeks of final tweaks to get it it ready, we couldn't get
it
>> started.
>> I found some stuff that was way wrong over the past few nights.
>> This was wrong, that didn't match, this leaks... etc.
>> After a carb rebuild and some messing around with a couple
>> different distributors, the whole project came into focus today when it
>> fired up.
>> Unfortunately, the nice new muffler makes it sound kind of wimpy, as I was
>> standing there adjusting the carbs I could barely hear the exhaust note
>> over the air buzz of that dull-yellow, front facing blast fan.
>> Turns out, to my surprise, a motor that is moth-balled properly can
>> withstand a 27 year hibernation.
>> He took the original motor out when he started racing and put in the
>> basement.
>> I didn't believe that that old cat would even start.
>> But sure enough, the car is alive after a 27 year pause.
>> So, this car now looks brand new (it really does) and is presented in it's
>> flawless "showroom stock" trim..
>> I'm pretty excited to have this car finally done and glad that I didn't
>> have to use my wallet to finish it..
>> Comparatively, in its original "skinny" showroom condition, it hearkens
>> back to an earlier competition style (kind of wussy) but is quite good
>> looking.
>> Most importantly it is holding a steady "60" oil pressure and starts
easily.
>> Today is a, long awaited, good day for Friendly Ghost Racing.
>>
>> Jason Ostrowski
>> GT6 Nut head.
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