My uncles and I decided we should carry on the family tradition of restoring old cars. We began with the idea of getting and restoring a british sports car...a 1959 Triumph TR3A. The seller of the car had lots of other stuff and we ended up buying his whole collection, most of which is rusted and pratically unrestorable. Our plan was to restore one car, use other cars as parts cars, and sell a lot of parts to pay for it. Then the bottom dropped out in 2008. Since then, we pretty much concentrated on the TR3 only...leaving the other 7 cars alone. Since the TR3 had a good frame, body, and plenty of parts...it was the best candidate for restoring.
heres the frame with the rebuilt engine installed...at the shop
This is what we intend to end up with when we are done...only it will be British Racing Green instead of Lipstick Red....
We are entering our 6th year of this project....and its time for us to drop the body on the frame and start on the interior and paint. Really cool thing about these cars are their simple, yet efficient designs. Light weight, stiff suspension, and adequate power/weight ratio makes them a real blast to drive on a curvy road. With upgrades like bigger pistons, rack and pinion steering, posi rears and wider tire set ups...they are very quick for 4cyl powerplants. Our goal is to finish the car in the next 6-9 months, and take it to VIR in Danville VA for a track day and car show. We will be lucky if we can get what we spent in the restoration should we decide to sell it. But the experience of driving it after such a long restoration process will be priceless....Will post more pics later.....
heres the frame with the rebuilt engine installed...at the shop
This is what we intend to end up with when we are done...only it will be British Racing Green instead of Lipstick Red....
We are entering our 6th year of this project....and its time for us to drop the body on the frame and start on the interior and paint. Really cool thing about these cars are their simple, yet efficient designs. Light weight, stiff suspension, and adequate power/weight ratio makes them a real blast to drive on a curvy road. With upgrades like bigger pistons, rack and pinion steering, posi rears and wider tire set ups...they are very quick for 4cyl powerplants. Our goal is to finish the car in the next 6-9 months, and take it to VIR in Danville VA for a track day and car show. We will be lucky if we can get what we spent in the restoration should we decide to sell it. But the experience of driving it after such a long restoration process will be priceless....Will post more pics later.....
. Later when my brother and I got older my dad bought my mom another one. There was an '80 and a '72 in the garage when I was 15 but for some reason they were up for sale right about the time I got my license. Fun cars. 
