It has been quiet on here

The last post on here dates back to the middle of June. Sounds rather quiet, and that indeed it was from a Triumph point of view. Unfortunately, a lot of free time goes into working, and the pretty hot weather didn’t help either to drive my only road going TR7, or work on the cars. The rising fuel prices (caused by the most stupid POTUS ever) didn’t help either …

But despite these problems I have been using ‘t Kreng on a fairly regular basis, slowly but surely clocking up the miles. And so far the coolant issues seem to have been solved. But on our way for a tour through the neighbouring province of Noord-Brabant. The low coolant level light came on suddenly while driving on the motorway. Going up or down the inclines for bridges would switch it off at first. But a few miles on it stayed on. So looked indeed like a low coolant level. The temperature gauge didn’t move from it’s normal position, so I decided to carry on to the start of the tour were the engine could cool of a but for an inspection. And after lunch at the start location I had a look at the coolant level in the header tank. And it was spot on. So probably one of the electrical gremlins caused by a hidden lightly corroded connector. And guess what, the low coolant level light Hasn’t come on since.

So time to bore you with a few pictures taken during some of the runs. To be honest the weather often didn’t help with taking decent pictures. As a result the camera was often kept unused in its pouch. But the past few weeks have seen some better weather:

But the most important TR7 related news is that the DHC’s body shell was delivered to the shed last week, after E-coating was finished. Time for an update: DHC repairs #34 an inspection of the finished product!

And now for the most important task of the shell’s repairs, paint preparations and painting. To be continued.