On Sun, 29 Dec 1996 VATAINC@aol.com wrote:
> Can anyone help in determining what year my Herald parts catalog
> is?... "Part No. 510597/U.S.A." , "Herald 1200
> Saloon, GA1DL and future" ,
> " Herald 1200 Coupe, GA1CP and future"... "Amendment No.
> 8" dated October 1965.
Possibly as early as 1961-2. It would depend upon whether any of the
information in the Cumulative amendment had been incorporated into the
main pages. Regardless, it should be quite useful.
>
> Secondly, the area under the battery and the master cylinder assembly on my
> Herald 1200 is badly rusted. Is anyone area of replacements panels for these
> two areas? The parts manual shows the entire piece to be a "Panel, dash
> shelf, assembly L.H.S. # 804422 "but, I would think it would be much easier
> to just replace the two areas mentioned. I would like to keep the car
> original, otherwise I could just
> patch in a flat piece of metal.
My guess it that you'll have to do pretty much that. Perhaps a good body
shop or sheet metal worker could fabricate something that more nearly
approximates the specific shapes you might need around the pedal mountings/
openings and such. I don't recall seeing much in the way of repro sheet
metal in either Rimmer Bros. or Kipping catalogues.
>
> Finally, has anyone had any experience with the Hollander or Mitchell forgien
> interchange manuals as they relate to Triumphs? Are they helpful? I am just
> starting a restoration of a 65 Herald 1200 and wonder if I should invest in
> one ($35 each). Thanks for any advice .
It might be of some use, though I can't say for sure as I've never looked
through one. Unless you're really into all the other marque interchange
(not an awful lot that I know of), you might be better off spending that
money on a Spitfire spare parts catalogue. Better yet, catalogues of
available parts from Rimmer or Kipping will give you just about the same
interchange information, and they're virtually cost-free!
And, there's always us on the list....
--Andy
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