anyone owned a herald?

[shnozz]

thinking about a convertible to use as a weekend cruising with the roof down car. Thinking big affro wig, some smooth sounds on the stereo and heading down the beach.

Anyone here owned one? Anything to look for when inspecting them?

[towman]

No, but I have a couple of Pages and a stable lad!


I`ll get me coat.........

sorry

[nobbybombshell]

Was this the car thay said would take your block orff in a head on?

[WildfireS3]

Has the Chim gone then Phill?

[towman]

shnozz said:

Anything to look for when inspecting them?

You dont see many `cos they are major rot boxes. Check out the chassis carefully.

Steve

[shnozz]

WildfireS3 said:

Has the Chim gone then Phill?

not yet mate. Thinking of it as an addition but if the chim sells then its a back up weekend tinkering toy

[MikeyT]

Rust mainly - engines are cheap enough to get runing right and you just sit on the front wheel and work on 'em.

Outriggers are a bad point on the chassis ... but you want a Vitesse really - albeit cost a bit more money to buy - but a straight six would be nice ... no road tax either and extremely cheap insurance.

Get one - but get the BEST you can afford for your budget. It'll pay dividends and ensure easy resale one day.

[shnozz]

MikeyT said:

Rust mainly - engines are cheap enough to get runing right and you just sit on the front wheel and work on 'em. Outriggers are a bad point on the chassis ... but you want a Vitesse really - albeit cost a bit more money to buy - but a straight six would be nice ... no road tax either and extremely cheap insurance. Get one - but get the BEST you can afford for your budget. It'll pay dividends and ensure easy resale one day.

cheers for that Mikey. Very handy. Know about about the engines as I gave one away to a friend last year and we got the engine running in 30 minutes - the car had been stored for 6 years previously!

Vitesse very nice but still like the purity of the herald, particularly the front end. The fact it couldnt pull the skin off chicken is part of the charm too in a perverse way.

Outriggers are the bad point - just like looking for a TVR then

[Mrs Fish]

Sorry, OT - Shnozz, did you get my email?

[The Wiz]

Had a Herald ... aside from the problems above it leaked badly through the windscreen rubber. Nice car though ... sideways at 10 mph in the wet!

[shnozz]

The Wiz said:

Had a Herald ... aside from the problems above it leaked badly through the windscreen rubber. Nice car though ... sideways at 10 mph in the wet!

would be covered or garaged and only used on long sunny days, handy to know though

[shnozz]

Mrs Fish said:

Sorry, OT - Shnozz, did you get my email?

which one buttercup?

[Incorrigible]

I used to restore them used to be able to do a front outrigger in about 45 minutes

Of course I'm much more lazy now

Definately go for the vitesse, not only because of the glorious v6 exhaust note, but you can easily upgrade the rear suspension from the frankly appaling swing axel to a rotaflex (bizzarre triumph version of decent suspension)

Alternatively, how about a Sunbeam Alpine

Let me know if you're serious, I can sort you out

[pzero64]

As already stated by others … rust. I had loads of welding done on mine. Every weekend was spent doing something to it to ensure it would make it to the following weekend. I hated it at the time, but I suppose it was not really that bad. Could turn on a sixpence, as I remember.

[MikeyT]

You mean this above as opposed to



See what you mean ...

I quite like this pic ...

[Incorrigible]

shnozz said:

would be covered or garaged and only used on long sunny days, handy to know though

In that case you don't need to spend the extra on a convertable, just buy a cheap saloon and unbolt the roof

Although don't do this and imediatley nip out for a 2,000 mile drive round europe and expect not to get wet **

** Absolutely no points for guessing how I know this

[holbayhead]

Incorrigible said:

Alternatively, how about a Sunbeam Alpine

oh

[WildfireS3]

I'll have a word with my father, Phill. He helped a mate do up quite a few Triumphs back in the day.

But what you want is one of these:



>> Edited by WildfireS3 on Friday 24th September 14:43

[shnozz]

Incorrigible said:

Although don't do this and imediatley nip out for a 2,000 mile drive round europe

only you mate, only you

Will definately be in contact if I go ahead with the idea. Not looking at spending much at all, guess thats part of the idea. Seen a mint 38k from new one on autotrader for peanuts and thought it would be a cheap fun car and unlikely to lose a bean on depreciation. The added bonus is dirt cheap insurance and no road tax, plus good mpg so really would be a cheap weekend toy

[MikeyT]

Incorrigible nearly said:

Alternatively, how about a Sunbeam Tiger

Oh

But 20k probably