Rebuilding TRIUMPH HERALD 63 "ORIGINAL CONVERTIBLE" for my son (Spitfire)

[bilalzubairy]

Waiting for those magical pix...

And the car is handed over to the main guy......yes USTAAD ZAHID as an "open budget project" , with magical hands , You are going to see the magic in coming pics .....

[spitfire]

Salute to your dedication and motivation. Lucky son , whattay father he has .... Best of luck

Thanks dear for your kind words....

[kn_khipk]

wonderful to see you back on PW. really wasnt the same without your running threads. obviously thread subscribed and will anxiously wait for your updates. May Allah Subhanwataalah Bless you with good health and long life.

[spitfire]

Salute to your dedication and motivation. Lucky son , whattay father he has .... Best of luck

Thanks dear for your kind words ....

[spitfire]

Great work Uncle Subscribed to the thread!

Obliged...

[spitfire]

Waiting for those magical pix...

You will have to wait a little Bilal.......Lets take the body off the Frame/chassis first.....

[spitfire]

wonderful to see you back on PW. really wasnt the same without your running threads. obviously thread subscribed and will anxiously wait for your updates. May Allah Subhanwataalah Bless you with good health and long life.

Salamz and welcome Khalid bhai,
Its nice to see you here....Actually I am suffering from back ache and sciatica for last 7/8 months ....So I was concentrating on medicines and physio etc ....Was reluctant to start this restoration ....but my son likes it so much that I could not refuse...and here I am....:)....Nice of you for your kind words .....please remember me in your prayers...
Regards.

[spitfire]

My Internet is constantly putting me down PTCL ....working in spikes for last three days .....I am really fed up...any other better option.....
Any how we continue ....

we discussed and decided to go for a "BODY OFF" restoration as we did with blue spitfire .....

Separating body and chassis and then rebuilding both separately and again joining them together....With all new "HAND MADE" floor pans copying the original design but in far stronger sheet metal.....
18 gauge steel sheet....
Just a little introduction of 18 gauge steel.....mmmm....Our toyota /honda floor pans are made from I think 20/21 gauge or may be more.....When number goes up sheet goes thin and and when number comes down ...sheet goes thick....
So..
First step was cleaning the floors to see if there is some original pattern

[spitfire]

Some Floor pattern was there ...rest was covered with patches but apparent from below.....in extremely rusted form....
As I told you before that these heralds are made and bolted together in three parts....Rear end Middle one and Bonnet.........
We decided to start with the rear end....First job is to take that part of the car off the frame/chassis...
Ustaad Zahid Had no clue about the joining points.....
But as I have spent my life with triumphs .....I knew very well...
So guided him......Four bolts in the boot ....two in each corner.....

[spitfire]

I am telling Ustaad Zahid That two more joining bolts on each side ....one right under the door and other a little behind.....He was quite surprised.....I was not sure that we will be able to open them because of rust.....other option....to cut them with welding torch......

[spitfire]

But it was worth trying with a spanner first.....second option is always there....

[spitfire]

One bolt opened successfully ....but other was stubborn.....just moving and moving in both directions without any results......

[spitfire]

We left it as it is and moved towards left side .....

[spitfire]

In the mean while ...Abdul is trying to remove master cylinders of brake and clutch....

[spitfire]

Zahid was confused .....because neither 12mm nor 13 mm socket was working.....I forgot to tell him that these bolts are of "INCH" size and not MM....:)....so he gave up and came back to right side....A little hammering.....and see the amount of rust dropping on the floor.....

[spitfire]

Some underneath inspection .....declared that nut welded to the frame has broken .....so we have to cut bolt head....

[spitfire]

One more try......

[spitfire]

My son getting bored .....that why we are not successful yet to remove the body....

[spitfire]

We have some special sockets (inch size) only for triumphs....So last try with appropriate socket...

[spitfire]

Left side......