car For Sale..One Careful Lady Owner

[Nigel H-J]

Low mileage, pristine condition!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-24204080

Nigel.

[TSR2]

I spotted this one too Nigel, I love Triumph cars, but alas not the Herald, so even if I did have that sort of money I'd be after a pristine Dolly Sprint or 2.5PI

[DaveB]

I quite like the Herald and there's nothing outside a London cab that can match it's turning circle. Sadly.. I haven't got £12-15k to throw at it

ATB
DaveB

[Airspeed]

I wouldn't touch it - I'd bet the battery is completely flat.

[Vancouver]

Heralds were great, 2nd car I ever owned in '74 (first was a Ford Anglia). The Herald was a D reg (1966 I think) soft top and the doors used to fly open going around Hyde Park Corner. Used to terrify my passengers - and that was before seat belts were mandatory. Walnut dash too as opposed to the crappy plastic of nowadays. Always hankered after a Vitesse but never got around to it.

[GHD]

I never owned a Herald but I did have a 2000, a Dolomite and a Stag. They all suffered from terminal rust

[Buggyman]

Had a 12/50; one of the best small cars I ever had. Only beaten by the Ford Escort MkII. Did my first clutch change on it, very easy to do providing you had the right book of expletives to hand!

Following in the Triumph mould I went on - in later life - to own a Sprint - which I rallied - a Dolly 1850 and the incredible 2.5PI.

Now I drive a lump of eurocrap that does everything to the nth degree of average. Sigh, happy days.

[511Flyer]

When our son was 21 ish, he had a very nasty M'bike accident and sprouted various plaster of paris addons as a result. He vowed to never ride a bike again, so we started to look for a small car. We saw an advert in our local paper for a Herald, and went to view it. It belonged to an old chap who'd had it from new, and it was his pride and joy. He took a shine to our son, but wouldn't sell him the car. He actually gave it to him.

He drove it to our house, but not before having it fully serviced, MOT'd, with new tyres all round. I can't remember the model details, but it was pale blue.

As our son slowly recovered, he started to cast his eyes over the wreckage in our garage, that had once been his beloved 350 Yamaha. He stripped it down, and searched out the bits that were needed to repair it. It took a long time, but he did it. By the time he was fit enough to ride it, it was roadworthy. Because it had been deemed a writeoff, it had to be inspected by a professional, and I believe a local speed-cop carried it out. I might be a bit hazy about that, but some of you bikers would know.

While all this was going on, the poor old Herald sat on our drive. Unloved, and unwanted by our son. It was started up occasionally, and cleaned, but he never drove it. We contacted the old chap, and asked him if he wanted it back. He was upset, but understanding. He told our son to sell it to somebody who would care for it, and to keep the money to pay for the bike repairs.

It was sold to a friend of our daughter, a very nice young man, who was "very nice" He came to collect it with his mum, who drove it home. What they didn't know, is that a group of friends thought it would be a good idea to play a practical joke on him. I wish I could have seen their faces when a female blow-up doll popped up out of the boot.

Phillip loved that car, and drove it for many trouble free years. Our son also rode the bike for a few years more. Two marriages and six kids later, he drives a Volvo estate.

Sorry if I bored you, but thanks for helping me to recall that episode of 30 years ago.

[cstorey]

Amazing how 2.5 PIs pop out of the woodwork. I had 3 - a manual Mark 1 in Yellow ( ! ) , a manual OD Mark 2 in Damson , and an auto Mark 2 in Sienna between 1969 and 1974 and they were all lovely cars - except for that pestilential converted wiper motor which pretended to be the HP fuel pump

[nigelb]

I had a red Triumph Herald back in the late sixties. I can't remember what year it was but I do remember the walnut dash and the fact is was the easies car I have ever owned to work on. You could practically climb inside the enegine compartment. Getting parts was sometimes a problem here in the Colonies as sometimes they had to be ordered from England and that could take weeks. I found a local scrapyard and that was a good source for some parts. I do also recall it had Lucas electronics - no comment on that. Oh, it also did not care for the very cold weather we sometimes get here in Winter. After Uni, I sold it and brought a 1971 Chevy Camaro SS/RS. That was quite a change!

Nigel²