Car guys needed for restoration

[EAZYBRZY]

I've recently started restoring a 1968 Triumph GT6 that I found but the problem is I don't know where to start. I was hoping someone could look at the pictures I'm attaching and see if you can give me some help or any tips on the triumph that you may have experienced. Please let me know, thank you!

And yes I know there's no air filters on the carbs.

We've replaced the batteries and checked the spark plugs but the engine still won't start only the timing belt moves but nothing else happens.

[EAZYBRZY]

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[n2oinferno]

Did you remember to replace this?





Sorry I can't help much. You might want to post this up on The Car Lounge on VWVortex and see if someone there might be able to help you out.

[bakerr6]

will the motor even turn over? I would focus on getting all that rust off the car first, then move back to the mechanics

Nice pick-up btw!

[SirBrass]

Now that's a project of love right there. Serious need of TLC, but if you do get it done it'll look marvelous!

[strat61caster]

I had a big long post about what you could do written out but it's been eated.

That chassis is so far gone I don't think I could drive it like that, the motor would be the least of my worries if my goal with the car was to actually own and drive it. Rust repair is going to be the most important and time consuming part of the process.

But in the meantime LSx posted the basics, spark fuel and air. Make sure the engine even turns over than go through each of the three. Is the timing correct, all the plugs/wires good, carburetors operating properly, getting fuel, supplying fuel, not seized etc.

This isn't going to be a good place to ask for help though, more guys know how to tune with a spreadsheet here than with a screwdriver on a carb. Not sure where you would go for help though, Triumphs are rare (only 40k GT6's ever made). Off to google, you may be better served by a community that knows DIY restoration like Corvettes or Mustangs than a Triumph specific community, the basics all carry over.

Here's a great thread on a guy doing a C3 corvette, good preparation for the amount of work you've signed up for to do this right.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...storation.html

[bakerr6]

Really the body work should be similar to the same process I'm using on an Austin Healy at this point. Take it a little at a time and take it slow. Make sure you bag all parts.

I would start by stripping the car completely, then repairing the rust. This is an absolute must.