Couple of pictures

[alana]

The 250 project is moving forward, and like any proud parent, I thought I'd show off a couple of pictures of the baby. There's a little more to do, but you get the idea...

[tr6turbo]

You have got to have more pictures then that.  Looks real good.  Very interested in seeing more.  Looks like a nice shop as well.

[alana]

Oh all right then.
The rear (obviously) isn't 100% finished.

[rficalora]

Looks nice.   DOM?  Chromoly?

[TR6-6SPD]

Alan,

I'll comment over here where I don't have to stand in line. (1183 views/93 posts! Created quite a stir)

Everything looks great. I don't see the frame table/jig in that spotless shop. Was the chassis fabricated in a different area?

Off the self GM parts. Doesn't look like you'll get stuck on a road trip waiting for parts to be shipped.

I thought it was being put together by Rod Works but I guess I was wrong. Carry on and post more often.

[74ls1tr6]

Awesome Alan!

Thanks for posting some photos of your TR250 progress!

Hmm, let's see, doing the math of let's say 2300 lbs car or maybe less with stock 400 ponies out of your LS2, that works out to be 5.75 lbs of car to 1 HP. Now that I would say is in the super car range. OK a little cam, intake, head porting with those 243 or 799 heads that LS2 has, can change that weight to power ratio to an easy 4.6 lbs of car to 1 hp.

Your car will be an adrenalin rush for sure! Have a very big lot with nothing around for your first ride and testing LOL! I have a big grin for you!

Looks like you were able to move your shifter into the front inspection plate?. Nice . It won't be sitting back to far!

Calvin

[dwtr6v8]

Alan,

I'll help you drive it back from Texas!

I'm from Texas, I know all the back roads.

Very Sweet indeed!

[alana]

Don, it's amazing how many of those offers I've had over the last few days...

Oh and Calvin - this thing is light. Really light. Figure closer to 2000lbs. I will get it weighed when it's done, and it's going on a dyno for the tune so I'll have real numbers, but the headers and a tune should take the engine over 450hp.

I'll leave the math as an exercise, but to steal a line from Bentley (or was it Rolls Royce), power will be "adequate".

In case anyone is interested, it's going to go under something a little like one of these:



Obviously the wheels will be different, and I don't have a double bubble Surrey - just a regular one - but you get the idea.

[dwtr6v8]

Wait, I have to go get a bib!

Fantastic work and going under the body of a 250!

Looking at the frame design, is the engine / trany to be pulled for service in the regular body on process?

Are you going with the fender vents?

The questions are mounting but I'll stop and just use my bib for now.

Congrats!

Dale, this must bring back memories

[alana]

Don,

The engine and tranny is intended to be able to be pulled with the body on. Car on stands, slide forward and tilt.
The vents are going in - although the material from Revington is hand finished and looks terrible close up. It might be reworked with something non-stock (or not). My inner Yorkshireman has me cringing at the thought cutting up NOS fenders, but it's just bits of metal, right?

Paint is Wedgewood - like the middle one.
No center foglight (instead there's going to be 2 + 2 on the pushbar).
Frame will be gloss white

[alana]

I just got this as part of a set. It looks so cool (to me at least) that I felt I had to share it.

[74ls1tr6]

Wow! That photo sure brings back some good memories for me in the early 80's.

I wish I still had this car, my fav Triumph the TR250! I'm with ya all the way on this build Alan! You need to post the rest of the set Alan?

[74ls1tr6]

Here is a photo that I took at VTR/Triumphest 2009, of a TR4 that had the vents installed. The person who did the body work, added the 1/4" lip going inward, which to me looked like they came that way from the factory(the looks anyway).





Another set of vents in a TR4 with a Ford 302, that had some over heating problems as you can see by the hood setup. This set of vents is moved back probably into the footwells some.

These photo's are the only 2 cars that had the vents in the whole venue.

[alana]

The rally cars are finished with the inward lip. That's the look I'm hoping for.

Here's one more - to give you an idea how well it all fits together

[alana]

So the back end looks a little different now. The builder has been busy. Thought you might like to see what he's been up to:



Engine's in it's final spot too. Looks like it belongs in there now.



I'm so looking forward to driving this thing...

[74ls1tr6]

Alan,

Looks like your build is moving right along!

It looks like the vintage air is going into the firewall some. I wonder if he is cutting into the windsheild wipper cable area, that would be using some of the dead air space there. Do you know if your vent will still be usable? I get it now, you will be having your sound system in the dash, so need the extra room for the vintage air.

What size fuel cell are going to use?

Some sheet metal coming along there, (Nice) battery cover, tubing for the wheel clearance.

I know the feeling of just wanting to drive it :-)

It will happen, keep yourself busy, maybe it will get done quicker!

Calvin

[alana]

This'll show you the gauge layout - as you pointed out, the head unit is front and center...



iirc the tank is roughly 14 gallons.

The vent is coming out and it's having a rally scoop put in there.

Looks like this:



And like this installed



It's really only decorative - I'll have air conditioning after all...

[jellison]

Lookin Good alana. So basically it looks like a narrowed TVR type space frame (no one I know) but with a much narrower track to get a TR4 body on it.

Cool build.

Should be fun in the corners!

[alana]

Realised just how long since I posted an actual progress shot here.
Well here's a pair for you.
It's moving forward...

[rficalora]

It's looking great Alan.  I may have missed it, but who's doing the build?

[rampant racing]

nice frame work goin on there.

[alana]

Well the rollbar's done. Liked the way it turned out so thought it worthy of a wider audience...

[rampant racing]

nice job on the bar.

[alana]

Time to bring this back from the dead. There aren't many TR conversions ongoing now Calvin's finished, so I figured a dose of car porn wouldn't go amiss...

A couple of pictures of the frame. The exhaust's been built and all the small stuff to finish has been completed.
I was so impressed by it I spent most of my train journey in this morning looking at it.





Body is in primer, but I'm leaving aside pics of that until it's ready.

[rficalora]

Great update.  Had wondered if you were still working on it.  Hope you're going to make it to the meet in the spring!