Chiming in From Vancouver Canada, You have achieved somewhat of a miracle with the old herald, i say this because of the blind man approach you took to Jigging that carburettor. lol No insult intended, i believe the gear gods are smiling on you. But then, you are working with one of the most basic flagship engines in the British fleet, almost indestructible and very forgiving of harsh conditions. But I would say that The Carb should be taken off, and properly freed up and overhauled, these engines did not like anything resembling a vacuum leak, so again im surprised she ran for you. The gear box is only syncromesh AFTER First gear, so first gear is a challenge if you have problems with the clutch system. The hydraulic clutch slave and master are very simple to rebuild, so no problems there. My vote is for you to continue making videos with the old girl [the triumph, not your wife lol ] she deserves some love, I mean,,Come on,,,! she ran for you against all the odds. Thanks for the video, look forward to more. Al in British Columbia Canada.
The Triumph Herald was a great little car, the turning circle was the best of any car. The best of the series was the Triumph Vitesse which had thecsame body but uprated engines and interior fittings.
Memories ? hell this herald makes me sad for mine, but ya know you can make it a topdown car by simply unbolting the roof top and no structural problems will arise as its on a chassis . I would love you to keep her !! Nice to see a Texan playing with what appears to be English cars and vans that would have died years ago over here !
Fortunately the Herald is the one car for which virtually every part is still available. There must be thousands still running and a huge enthusiast following because it's still very much a diy proposition in an age of unfixable modern cars.
The triumph herald, I had the triumph vitesse, a nicer model. Basically these were great for the wives. Nippy little cars.The convertible was a nice car too
I had a12.75 with a cloth sun roof. I thought I was so cool.Ran it head first into a wall at 60 mph and then drove it home and continued to use it for another 5 years. Just needed a new bonnet. They are almost indistructable and so simple to work on. There is no dents and rust because they were made in the day when they used real metal for the bodywork. As they say in England "Use Lucas when you want the lights to go out" Make sure that the steering column is collapse able because if not they can go straight through your chest in a head on crash. The roof is separate and held on with 3 or 4 bolts and can be taken off to make a convertable in good weather. Have fun.
These are great little cars for any novice to cut their teeth on. Even though the tech is decidedly old school, they are still useful in learning the fundamentals. There is nothing that can't be repaired or rebuilt. Hope you do something with this little survivor. Please dont ever junk it. The little motor that's sits on the passenger bulkhead side that you were wondering about,, is the wiper motor. Lastly, in defense of Lucas electrics, and I've heard ALL the jokes. It should be recognized that after you slapped a battery in and the engine cranked and subsequently ran after 42 years please give a nod to "The Prince of Darkness". He can't of been all bad!😅 Good luck.
Early anti theft technique is to swap the inboard plug leads to the outboard plugs so it wont start , and when you wanna drive you swap em back ! Love to see you try with her , And man , the only things trhat were wrong with the Herald are all the normal ones ,gear soup spoon , clutch acting like not a clutch and watch that Bonnet (Hood( they do take no prisoners if it falls on your elbow, I speek from experience ! Love ya Little channel, Full of old Gems !!! GG Love from England !
with reference to difficult getting the car into gear if the car has been standing a long time the clutch plate could have got stuck to the flywheel sometimes you can get lucky and jar it free by starting the engine while in 1st gear and once car is moving jam the brakes on hard this might break the centre plate free of the flywheel the gear shift positions are 1st over to the left and forward 2nd left and back 3rd over to the right and forward 4th over to right and back sorry i can't remember where reverse is i think you have to push the lever down in neutral and move lever as far as it will go to the right then forward hope this helps you
Yours is just like my old girl Miriam ! I had a 1967 1200 hardtop , loved it , independent suspension , turning circle of a bicycle ! great to drive ! Shame someone I know took to stealing and burning it out !
The car was made in my home town Coventry, they are known as canley classics , it’s the same town lady Godiva was born in , I learned to drive in one and my first car was also a herald
Seems that you're quite into odd cars, at least for your side of the big water... The wife makes a great addition to the video, doesn't mind to get her hands dirty and she knows what you are talking about! And the cats top it all... Thx for showing, looking forward for some progress on that english nightmare... 😂👍👍👍
It might only have 60 cubic inches BUT the differential is probably 4.875:1 so it does accelerate to a point. They are good little town cars, and back in those days, very economical.
Designed alongside the Triumph Spitfire with the same independent suspension and running gear. The give away to it is the Bonnet hinging in same fashion as the Spitfire. Very reliable cars in their time .
The car had no fuel gauge. If you ran out of gas, you flip a switch on the fuel tank that lowers the fuel pickup and you had two more gallons to use to get to a gas station.
I believe the fuel gauge was integral to the speedometer, sits at 6 o,clock on the speedo. True though the tank does have a reserve feature, which could be useful.
If you do watch an English you tube channel I recommend 6D Diesels . I'm 56 years old and my Dad had a Triumph Herald convertible and a 1360 Triumph Herald Estate,also they have a pull out lever by the gear stick as a reserve fuel capacity. Good luck I enjoyed the transit.
the triumph herald was one of the last mainstream british cars with a separate chassis, so they were a favourite car for technical colleges in the seventies, still driveable with the body off, so a good training tool [ i was shown the basics on one of these] the gearbox is just about good enough to go into gear at idle, no chance with it revving to the moon... the six cylinder version [vitesse] was very nippy, but in britain, fuel economy is everything, so didn't sell well. no cheap petrol over here, it's quite low for us at the minute, we are only paying $8 a gallon... better than $12 last year...
Chiming in From Vancouver Canada, You have achieved somewhat of a miracle with the old herald, i say this because of the blind man approach you took to Jigging that carburettor. lol
No insult intended, i believe the gear gods are smiling on you.
But then, you are working with one of the most basic flagship engines in the British fleet, almost indestructible and very forgiving of harsh conditions.
But I would say that The Carb should be taken off, and properly freed up and overhauled, these engines did not like anything resembling a vacuum leak, so again im surprised she ran for you.
The gear box is only syncromesh AFTER First gear, so first gear is a challenge if you have problems with the clutch system.
The hydraulic clutch slave and master are very simple to rebuild, so no problems there.
My vote is for you to continue making videos with the old girl [the triumph, not your wife lol ] she deserves some love, I mean,,Come on,,,! she ran for you against all the odds.
Thanks for the video, look forward to more.
Al in British Columbia Canada.
The Triumph Herald was a great little car, the turning circle was the best of any car. The best of the series was the Triumph Vitesse which had thecsame body but uprated engines and interior fittings.
Memories ? hell this herald makes me sad for mine, but ya know you can make it a topdown car by simply unbolting the roof top and no structural problems will arise as its on a chassis . I would love you to keep her !! Nice to see a Texan playing with what appears to be English cars and vans that would have died years ago over here !
Fortunately the Herald is the one car for which virtually every part is still available. There must be thousands still running and a huge enthusiast following because it's still very much a diy proposition in an age of unfixable modern cars.
The triumph herald, I had the triumph vitesse, a nicer model. Basically these were great for the wives. Nippy little cars.The convertible was a nice car too
I had a12.75 with a cloth sun roof. I thought I was so cool.Ran it head first into a wall at 60 mph and then drove it home and continued to use it for another 5 years. Just needed a new bonnet. They are almost indistructable and so simple to work on. There is no dents and rust because they were made in the day when they used real metal for the bodywork. As they say in England "Use Lucas when you want the lights to go out" Make sure that the steering column is collapse able because if not they can go straight through your chest in a head on crash. The roof is separate and held on with 3 or 4 bolts and can be taken off to make a convertable in good weather. Have fun.
These are great little cars for any novice to cut their teeth on. Even though the tech is decidedly old school, they are still useful in learning the fundamentals. There is nothing that can't be repaired or rebuilt.
Hope you do something with this little survivor. Please dont ever junk it.
The little motor that's sits on the passenger bulkhead side that you were wondering about,, is the wiper motor.
Lastly, in defense of Lucas electrics, and I've heard ALL the jokes. It should be recognized that after you slapped a battery in and the engine cranked and subsequently ran after 42 years please give a nod to "The Prince of Darkness". He can't of been all bad!😅
Good luck.
Early anti theft technique is to swap the inboard plug leads to the outboard plugs so it wont start , and when you wanna drive you swap em back !
Love to see you try with her , And man , the only things trhat were wrong with the Herald are all the normal ones ,gear soup spoon , clutch acting like not a clutch and watch that Bonnet (Hood( they do take no prisoners if it falls on your elbow, I speek from experience ! Love ya Little channel, Full of old Gems !!! GG
Love from England !
My neighbour owns a garage specialising in triumphs he still uses a herald as his daily driver
That Herald is painted in duotone Alpine Mauve and Sebring White, it has a 948cc engine. The Grey and White trim inside is hard to find anymore.
with reference to difficult getting the car into gear if the car has been standing a long time the clutch plate could have got stuck to the flywheel sometimes you can get lucky and jar it free by starting the engine while in 1st gear and once car is moving jam the brakes on hard this might break the centre plate free of the flywheel the gear shift positions are
1st over to the left and forward 2nd left and back 3rd over to the right and forward 4th over to right and back sorry i can't remember where reverse is i think you have to push the lever down in neutral and move lever as far as it will go to the right then forward hope this helps you
Yours is just like my old girl Miriam ! I had a 1967 1200 hardtop , loved it , independent suspension , turning circle of a bicycle ! great to drive ! Shame someone I know took to stealing and burning it out !
The car was made in my home town Coventry, they are known as canley classics , it’s the same town lady Godiva was born in , I learned to drive in one and my first car was also a herald
great find I would buy that in a second.
Seems that you're quite into odd cars, at least for your side of the big water...
The wife makes a great addition to the video, doesn't mind to get her hands dirty and she knows what you are talking about!
And the cats top it all...
Thx for showing, looking forward for some progress on that english nightmare...
😂👍👍👍
The cats and I love seeing your comments! 😊 So glad you enjoy his videos.
- the Girlfriend
It might only have 60 cubic inches BUT the differential is probably 4.875:1 so it does accelerate to a point. They are good little town cars, and back in those days, very economical.
Designed alongside the Triumph Spitfire with the same independent suspension and running gear. The give away to it is the Bonnet hinging in same fashion as the Spitfire. Very reliable cars in their time .
Actually, the Herald came out on 22nd April 1959, the Spitfire followed in May 1962.
The car had no fuel gauge. If you ran out of gas, you flip a switch on the fuel tank that lowers the fuel pickup and you had two more gallons to use to get to a gas station.
I believe the fuel gauge was integral to the speedometer, sits at 6 o,clock on the speedo. True though the tank does have a reserve feature, which could be useful.
No syncromesh on 1st , Double de-clutch please lol
The colour of the gauges is Wisteria, although not much of the very light pink remains, now they just look white
If you do watch an English you tube channel I recommend 6D Diesels . I'm 56 years old and my Dad had a Triumph Herald convertible and a 1360 Triumph Herald Estate,also they have a pull out lever by the gear stick as a reserve fuel capacity. Good luck I enjoyed the transit.
I see the tail light has yellow turn signal lenses. Us cars were red. This car was privately imported.
That Ash Tray is from a 60s VW Bug
the triumph herald was one of the last mainstream british cars with a separate chassis, so they were a favourite car for technical colleges in the seventies, still driveable with the body off, so a good training tool [ i was shown the basics on one of these]
the gearbox is just about good enough to go into gear at idle, no chance with it revving to the moon...
the six cylinder version [vitesse] was very nippy, but in britain, fuel economy is everything, so didn't sell well. no cheap petrol over here, it's quite low for us at the minute, we are only paying $8 a gallon... better than $12 last year...
jeepers interesting to see the herald turn up in texas......don't mention Lucas as it normally ends in tears.... anyhow good luck....
There is no synchro on first gear! Also expect the clutch and brake cylinders to need new seals throughout
my first car was a herald
By brother had one. I still have two hubcaps for it. Is it for sale? I could give it a good home.
If you get that sucker into gear, I will be shook. I really thought it would be seized. I'd also love to know how this came into your yard.
60 Cu In lol
No cluch,and to high reving to go into gear