Me old Triumph 1300FWD TC needs shifting by the end of the week and I've given up on it. I just don't have the time spare to look after it and so rather than scrap it I want to pass it on to someone who might be able to look after it a bit better.
It failed it's MOT about 2 years ago on some daft indicator problem (was only working intermittently and the guy who charged me £200 to fix it apparently didn't do a very good job). I drove it around the block a couple of times about once a week/fortnight for a few months and then had the keys nicked. Since then it's been sat idle and, despite a couple of attempts in the last few weeks (I finally got around to having the keys re-cut), I can't get it started.
Just fitted a new battery and the plugs are sparking, the motor's turning over and I can smell fuel around the carbs but it won't fire up. Even if it did I'd still need to be passing it on but as it is I reckon a relatively experienced petrol head could probably get her up and running. The brakes aren't seized and seem to work (although they've not been tested at speed), both clutch and brake cylinders have held their dot 4 and the engine still has plenty of oil. The car could easily be towed (and has been recently) without a trailer.
I'm not proud I neglected the car like this, I always planned on doing her up "eventually" but that seems to be getting further and further away
I also have a second near-identical car (IIRC it's a single carb version) in storage with 2 engines and a load of other assorted parts but the front sub-frame is rotten and the engine is sat on the front axel (sp?) so it would probably need a front-end lift to tow.
Ideally someone will take both away and look after them but if anyone wants either one then please LMK
The first car is going to the scrappy on Friday if no-one takes it beforehand and the second one has no real time limit but I do want rid of it soon as the storage isn't free.
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Cheers
HH