Triumph Herald?

[Oscar]

Just an idea I had at the weekend:

I have easy access to lots of parts for the Triumph herald; my parents had one for everyday driving, and several others for spares!

I know they were used a lot for kit cars in years past, thanks to their independant suspension, and was wondering if any of the parts could be adapted for use in the roadster?

My main thoughts where:
Steering rack? (amazing turning circle!)
Shocks? (fronts are coil-overs)
Anything else that might be adaptable!

Any thoughts or input on this matter would be greatly apreciated.

[ozzy1]

Surely a step backwards not forwards

[axle]

I do not think the rear arms will be long enough for the roadster, but then the hub carrier need to be modified as well. You better take all the measurement from your donner car and then compare it to the roadster. After all it is hand built at home by you! Remember Heralds were a bit thursty on petrol, so may be step backward!!!!!!!

Good luck

[Oscar]

I've allready got lots of parts from a 2.0 DOHC sierra.
Was mainly wondering if the steering rack would be suitable; it looks similar to the recomended rack.

I know the parts wouldn't be ideal, it just seems a waste to buy parts if i can get them from parents.

[MarkB]

Me personally would use the Herald parts to make a nice small sports car...

[twinturbo]

Robin Hood used Triumph parts in the early years.

But it's a lot of reworking.

TT

[les g]

check out CKC magazineapprox 2 months ago
a decent article in there about a herald based kitcar
cant remember the name
but it looked really good
if i had a herald goin spare i,d deffo build one of them rather than a roadster
cheers les