conaero
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Now no laughing please.
As a boy the TR7 was the first car that really caught my eye. I must have been about 8 years old and remember getting the Scaletrix with TR7's for Xmas.
There was a chocolate brown fixed head down the road and I used to cycle down and just stare in awe at the thing. Now we all know that mechanically they were indifferent but the looks could not be dismissed, way ahead of its time and I have always liked wedges.
So whilst on hols this week I bought Practical Classics who reviewed it and told us not to listen to the negatives and that they are easy to work on with a surprisingly good ride and turn in.
I always promised myself one and I prefer the rarer fixed head over the convertible.
Now I feel that most of the issues of the day were down to the legendary British Leyland build quality. Parts are cheap and readily available.
So, I would be interested to hear opinions from people WHO HAVE ACTUALLY OWNED ONE and not hearsay from formed opinions.
I am interested in knowing:
Rust areas
Convertable chassis flexing
Weak points
V8 conversions.
I'll probably only own it for a year to scratch an itch and fulfil the promise I made to myself as an 8 year old boy.
As a boy the TR7 was the first car that really caught my eye. I must have been about 8 years old and remember getting the Scaletrix with TR7's for Xmas.
There was a chocolate brown fixed head down the road and I used to cycle down and just stare in awe at the thing. Now we all know that mechanically they were indifferent but the looks could not be dismissed, way ahead of its time and I have always liked wedges.
So whilst on hols this week I bought Practical Classics who reviewed it and told us not to listen to the negatives and that they are easy to work on with a surprisingly good ride and turn in.
I always promised myself one and I prefer the rarer fixed head over the convertible.
Now I feel that most of the issues of the day were down to the legendary British Leyland build quality. Parts are cheap and readily available.
So, I would be interested to hear opinions from people WHO HAVE ACTUALLY OWNED ONE and not hearsay from formed opinions.
I am interested in knowing:
Rust areas
Convertable chassis flexing
Weak points
V8 conversions.
I'll probably only own it for a year to scratch an itch and fulfil the promise I made to myself as an 8 year old boy.
