I've got the manuals an they ARE JUNK. they are plum sorry on the English
cars. they don't even show any interchange between a 1500 spitfire engine
an a late MG Midget engine. oh on a herald it tells you a conv. wheel will
fit a coupe DUH!!!!!. I paid 65.00 for mine what a waste!!! you gave good
advice save your money, buy parts.
danny
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> From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
> To: VATAINC@aol.com
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Herald questions/Hollander&Mitchell interchange manuals
> Date: Sunday, December 29, 1996 5:36 PM
>
> 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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