1967 Triumph Herald Convertible - Neat Project Car - $1400 (Annapolis, MD)

someone buy this not mine but has a chance of becoming mine.....i will look at for anyone

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/cto/3700541576.html

I spent a huge amount of money to buy and transport this very rare 67 Triumph Herald 12/50 Convertible from Western Canada. I thought it would be a wonderful little 4-seat convertible to cruise around in and go to car shows. However, inspite of assurances that the frame was solid (most western cars have little rust, even from the north) when I got the car home, I found that it had a pretty rusty frame, particularly around the differential carrier. I took the car apart to get a good look at the frame but have since decided that as one of many projects it is just too much for me. But if this was your only project, I do believe this could be brought back to be a neat little classic car.

I only drove it about 10 miles, but this car starts, runs, drives and shifts well. Brakes seem fine. If you hooked up a gas tank, you could drive it right now in its disassembled state!

The Herald is a wonderful car to work on, they are very simple and essentially just bolt together. This is NOT a unit-body car. It is also easy to work on because the bonnet (hood) flips up. Lots of people in England restore these and there are at least two companies providing almost every part (not too expensive.)

The Herald is the car that Triumph based the Spitfire on. This is a very unusual one because it is the higher-horsepower (50) model that was mostly sold only as a sedan. But the Canadians got a few as convertibles. Might be only one of a few left. It is a 1147cc engine that feels a lot bigger and torquier than that would suggest.

It has a brand new Soft Top.

The pics include the car before disassembly, during and now in its current "ready to restore" condition. I did buy a very solid Triumph Spitfire frame that is very similar to the Herald frame. This could be used to replace part of the Herald frame. It comes with the Herald.

The body sections also have some rust, but they are restorable.

Only trades I would consider are for interesting antique lawn tractors or a Triumph TR3..

Call if you have questions.

Al cell - 410-353-3896

Crap I would love that car but it seems a bit expensive for a Herald with a rusty frame....

93EXCivic wrote: Crap I would love that car but it seems a bit expensive for a Herald with a rusty frame....

And body rust.

he has it listed other places for $1,100.00 so he will go that low for sure. i am going to throw him a offer of $900.00. i think its a perfect car for someone who wants a project to learn on, welding and bodywork and just general restoring on. its a boxed frame that needs some work...it all unbolts and it runs

I'd go sailing with it

Datsun1500 wrote: Another car that was purchased as a running, driving car, taken home and immediately taken apart for "restoration" then sold as a project for cheap. Happens all of the time. If more people would resist taking stuff apart as soon as they get it home, there would be more classic "rolling restorations"

this is so very true and most of the time i will run very fast from projects...except for cars like this. these early brit cars are like kit cars....they are very basic and not complicated and make the perfect project for the beginner and what is really nice about this one you is can really see what you are going to get into

that is really awesome

well its off the market. i still find it amazing how different people look at rust. what is rusted beyond repair to some and what is repairable to others can be miles apart. this car is not bad. i have read so many builds on this forum and have seen what some of the members have tackled in the way of rot and most of us would laugh and say "you call that rotted". what is rotted on this is so easy to repair that is why we bought it.....

We have one of those! Yours is in considerably better shape. That one actually doesn't look bad at all. Did it come with any extra parts (besides the Spitfire frame)?

In reply to carzan:

brand new top never on car, new patch panels which i dont think we will use, the engine is rebuilt, new clutch and brake master cylinders installed, new brakes and tires and a couple boxes of odds and ends. I have never seen one before. I think its cool

That's not rot, I can still see patches of paint!

When I saw the add I thought of this: Ribble Pilot