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Adam Parr · Postby **Adam Parr** » 09 Jan 2009 01:18

Hey Everyone,
Im Adam, im 19 and this is my 79' TR7

Not really that was just a photoshoped image [:D] but i do plan for it to be somewhat like that when compleated (preparing self for riceburner comments)

anyway this is what it currently looks like,

shes not quite road worthy yet, (just a few minor things like new carpets, mirrors .etc)

my goal is to leave the standard 2L 4banger motor in the car, but squeeze every last Hp out of it!

Anyway this was just a self introduction
Adam[8D]

PeterTR7V8 · Postby **PeterTR7V8** » 09 Jan 2009 01:28

Welcome aboard Adam. Your photoshop talents are prodigous. I like the spoiler. Is that going become real at some point? That would be a mould worth keeping.

Can I suggest you tone down the signature. Some of us are too old to cope with those Canadian ballerinas.

Peter

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Adam Parr · Postby **Adam Parr** » 09 Jan 2009 01:38

Thankyou Peter, I would like the car to become like this at some point but for the time being i just want it road worthy, iv owned the car for nearly 2 years and it has only just arived home last month.

i re-uploaded the photos so you should beable to see them now.

thankyou for you comment on the photoshoping, i did a diploma in animation at tafe and photoshop was an element of the course. i hated it when i first started using it, now its the only thing i use.

im reading in your sig that upholstery is on your todo list, where are planning on taking yours (are you in Australia?)
Adam

PeterTR7V8 · Postby **PeterTR7V8** » 09 Jan 2009 01:52

Upholstery is one of the cheaper things you can have done to your car so I paid someone to do it for me. I had the seat cushions rebuilt & recovered for a few hundy & I'm useless at sewing anyway. It was one of the first things I did so even when the paint looked like crap I was nice & comfy inside.

I'm in Wellington, NZ. Not yet a state of Australia. [^]

You should be able to get plenty of good info on tuning the 2L here. In the meantime keep it on the road & let us know when you are going to sell the rims. [:)]

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silverseven · Postby **silverseven** » 09 Jan 2009 01:59

Welcome to the site Adam.

I removed your sigs, pls try to keep them on a small scale and tr7/8 related....thanks

Ron.

Adam Parr · Postby **Adam Parr** » 09 Jan 2009 02:24

Thanks guys,
@peter
I got ripped off really badly with my uphostery, the guy quoted me for leather,
gave me a sample of leather
did the car in VINAL [:(!]
and did a S**t job on it! (its already starting to peel back)

You can take the boy out of Wellington Point, but you can never take Wellington Point out of the Boy!

PeterTR7V8 · Postby **PeterTR7V8** » 09 Jan 2009 02:39

In NZ we have the Small Claims Tribunal for that kind of piracy. Next time get written quotes & they will think twice before ripping you off. I've used my upholsterer several times over 15 years so my experience has only been good. I knew it was the right place cos there was a '60s vintage Ford in the boss's car park.

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jclay (RIP 2018) · Postby **jclay (RIP 2018)** » 09 Jan 2009 03:03

Adam,

Welcome to the Forum! It looks nice but why reinvent the wheel as Tim has a great one you can start with.

Yours:

Tim's:

I don't know, smiles have pretty good company!

Now on a more serious note. We welcome all Tr7/8 owners and we encourage younger owners like yourself. Many of us have young families and therefore there are some younger viewers here. I applaud your creativity and your PhotoShop expertise, however we try to police ourselves with the language we use and photos we post. I have to agree with Silver_7 here as I, too, feel that your signature is unfitting to the decorum we are trying to keep here. With your abilities, I am sure you can generate a great car related signature photo Montage!

jclay

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PeterTR7V8 · Postby **PeterTR7V8** » 09 Jan 2009 03:26

Jclay, cars should have frowns not smiles! [:)]

What does the back of that car look like.

And I think you mean 'montage' as in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cnNfxkf-IQ

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Adam Parr · Postby **Adam Parr** » 09 Jan 2009 03:45

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Now on a more serious note. We welcome all Tr7/8 owners and we encourage younger owners like yourself. Many of us have young families and therefore there are some younger viewers here. I applaud your creativity and your PhotoShop expertise, however we try to police ourselves with the language we use and photos we post. I have to agree with Silver_7 here as I, too, feel that your signature is unfitting to the decorum we are trying to keep here. With your abilities, I am sure you can generate a great car related signature photo Montague!

jclay<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

OK, Im sorry if i offended anyone, ill tone down the launge too.

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">In NZ we have the Small Claims Tribunal for that kind of piracy. Next time get written quotes & they will think twice before ripping you off. I've used my upholsterer several times over 15 years so my experience has only been good. I knew it was the right place cos there was a '60s vintage Ford in the boss's car park.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Yeah thats somthing im going to be looking into, its blokes like him that turn guys like me off restoring cars.

Tims car looks nice, but its not quite my taste.
did he purchase a TR7 spec body kit, or was it a modifacation of a kit for a different car?

jclay (RIP 2018) · Postby **jclay (RIP 2018)** » 09 Jan 2009 04:23

Tim makes the bumpers, that is not his car but one of his customers car.

http://www.morspeedperformance.com/

PS, I can live with your present graphics, thanks.

You might find some interesting things on my sites, click links below.

jclay

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paul w · Postby **paul w** » 09 Jan 2009 09:01

Hi Adam,good to see another young'Wedgemaniac'on here.You'll get plenty
of help and advice here,and some great ideas to make your TR a stunning
example.Your front spoiler treatment is clever,not too far off the
Viper front on my v8 -

and similar to the TR40 kit -

See ya. Paul

Wayne S · Postby **Wayne S** » 09 Jan 2009 11:27

Hi Adam,

Good to see another Young'un on here. Im 24 and have both a 2 litre Grinnall and a 4 litre V8 Grinnall with mega flared arches and sills. Nowt wrong with modding cars in my view and as for signatures, if they are TR related they can never be too big!!! [:D]

P.S I look after the TR Register's Yoof Group on Facebook that might be of interest. Search TR Yoof on facebook groups and join up to chat with other young Triumph enthusiasts.

This is the best forum for wedgey advice though [:)]

FOR SALE!!!!Purple 2.0 Litre DHC Grinnall
Red 4.0 Litre V8 DHC Grinnall (with huuuuuge arches...!)

john · Postby **john** » 09 Jan 2009 12:59

Hi Adam and welcolme

I thought your signature showed some very good artistic flare lol

anyway as Wayne says he has a good yoof group unfortunatly my yoof is only mind orientated but this is the best place for advice on what ever you decide to do with your car some extreme examples can be be found in Taiwan check out utube Here a lnk to Cake's TR7GT

http://www.forum.triumphtr7.com/topic.a ... hTerms=tr7

[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1981 Black FHC
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry :-(

John

Marko · Postby **Marko** » 09 Jan 2009 17:14

welcome to he forum !!!

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