Under the car from just in front of the engine, doesn't look to bad here. Typical English frame preservative materials (leaked oil) in some places, a little rust here and there, but nothing major that I can see in the picture.
This time just in front of the back wheel looking forward. Again the frame looks good from this shot, no major dings or collapses in the frame and the drivers side floorboard looks very nice.
At the very back of the car looking forward again. Not much to see here, the muffler looks to be in okay condition and no major rust visible from this angle. When it gets to the house I'll have a look again with more light and a little light poking.
Another view of the driver's side floorboards from below.
Passenger side floorboard and frame area. The plug on this side looks like it's popped out of the hole and maybe the hole is a little deformed, hard to tell for sure. Something I have on my list of things to check more in depth when the car gets here.
The engine and engine compartment. Obviously will need a new shroud for the radiator and air filters for the carburetors. A little bit of rust here and there, no major issues though and with the exception of the air filters, it looks like all of the bits are there.
The view from the other side. Again, looks like just about everything is there, just old and in need of some care. It looks like even the battery tray is there and doing it's job.
This is a shot of how the person selling the car found it. He told me it had been sitting out in front of this house for some time and hadn't moved. He had left a few notes on the car expressing interest in purchasing it and finally someone called him about it. Turns out is was owned by an older German gentleman that had passed away and he was the original owner of the car. I'm curious if the 78K miles are all that's on it from an original miles perspective.
Notice a couple of things here. First, the hood/bonnet in the picture is black, not yellow. Second, there is an area under the driver's side door that looks like the paint has work off down to the primer.
Car sitting inside the garage at the seller's house, waiting to be picked up for transport to me. There is a box of "stuff" coming with the car, pretty standard for Triumphs I hear. The car should be arriving either tomorrow or Thursday at the latest. Doesn't look to bad from this angle.
More to come . . . .
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