Ah, the joys of driving an unknown old car a long distance home. I did it, almost a year ago, with Clementine the ‘54 Rover 90. 3 hour drive from mid north NSW back to sunny Lithgow in the Blue Mountains on country back roads. A fun drive but, thankfully, no problems. Then I replaced ignition parts that were only just hanging on and gave her a good tune up. The Stromberg Carbys are similar in function and tuning to the SU. Have twin Strongberg 175CD on Black Betty the ‘66 Humber Super Snipe.
You really know about cars and your personality is delightful so really enjoyable video. My first proper car was a Triumph 1300 which I bought from my boss for 50 pounds. It had the same problem with the gear link rubber boss thingy; it's actually an easy inexpensive job. I then sold the 1300 after driving it to Paris and back from The Elephant and Castle, and bought a lovely Triumph Herald Coupe 948 cc with the twin SU carbs. Later on I got Triumph Vitesse convertible 2.0 litre. Lovely cars!
That gear lver rattle was also shared by the Viva HC in ohv guise. The gear lever is serviced through a transfer tube being so far offset. I seem to remember forty years ago the Vauxhall agent servicing it. The Triumph & Vauxhall engine are very conventional. Hope the estate 🙏 brings you much pleasure 😊
Great little car, Alex. I had a Mk1 Vitesse 2.0l saloon many years ago, and it was great to drive. You two will have hours of fun with that, just beware of the rear suspension causing odd handling if you lift of the power in bends. They were notorious for rear wheel camber changes, jacking one rear wheel up, as the other tucks in. They have a single rear leaf spring, bolted across the diff as the upper suspension link. Later cars had modifications to improve the handling. My Vitesse had the sloppy gear change too, and it's an easy fix. Just replace the bushes in the selector link, you can do it, sat in the car. The fibreboard tunnel cover unbolts to expose the whole gearbox. You can even change the clutch that way, just ensure the tunnel cover seal is good on refit, or it will let water in. You need to replace the rubber diaphragms in Stromberg carbs regularly. They deteriorate with fuel contact, more so with modern fuels. Even a tiny pinhole will cause poor ecconomy, and rough running. They work like an SU carb, and the rubber diaphragm controls the vacuum that lifts the fuel needle and piston. They have the same oil in the dashpot, and the diaphrams are as easy to change as lifting an SU piston out. The mixture is usually adjusted with a Stromberg jet tool, down the dashpot oil tube.
I’ve had a couple of Heralds…a lot of fun…but never get caught a bit too fast on a bend and have to brake…the back wheels will tuck under and cause a brown stain in your underpants. I recognised the herald sound as soon as it started…but I think you’re gonna have to recarb that buildurettor, and it will make an astonishing difference. And the gear linkages are shot…but easy to replace! Good luck! Happy to advise where I can. Oil the trunnions!!!!
Rubbish weather to be picking a car like that up in, but was similar for me when I got mine, and I had further to travel, and I didn't take any wipers with me! This has pleased me - I will look forward to some Triumph content in due course. Excellent Remi, what a lovely car!
Ahhhhh, the joys of driving an unknown old car, a long way back home, on a rainy dark night! The butterflies are only explainable to those who have done it! I remember picking up a beautiful series 1 Xj6, from Northamptonshire, in the 90s, not a Herald granted, but it was sleeting, dark and the journey back to South Wales, without any external mirrors or a demister to speak of, was a long slightly anxious one! Beautiful car though Alex and she didn't miss a beat. More recently, I spotted a lovely Renault 4 for sale in Northern Spain, which I purchased and drove back to Glamorgan, not without a few electrical issues, mainly Indicators, not good on the Motorway in such a tiny car! After some fettling she took us down through France and Spain last summer Alex, to Lanzarote and she'll be returning to Wales next week, just for a Winter break, so looking forward to the return journey!! I'm a big P6 and Rover fan in general, admire your P4 and Mr Jenkins, and have owned a couple of P6s, a "2200 and a 3500S and will get another, one of these days, a series 1 2000 probably.Been too long.... Just love the R4 though, utterly charming and much revered in Spain, where they were also built. Everyone should try one! I always fancied a Herald, so enjoyed that Alex, can completely relate to that clip. Look forward to hearing all about it. Paul.
Congratulations, that is a beautiful car. Must be rare as hens' teeth! Driving a car for the first time on a dark, wet night is always a memorable challenge.
Well, That's a result. Should make a good car and a load of good video. Good luck to both of you with a Triumph in your lives, I've had Triumphs for over 50 years. and my Stag for 44 years.. Bob
To Bob Speller If I had the money, I would have every MICHELITTI -designed Triumph from the 60's and 70's! And each in ALL the colours! Even without metallic, somehow, Triumph seemed to have beautiful colours, time after time, on all their models!
Congratulations on your new baby!! I have seriously thought about a Vitesse so will look to how you get on with this one. Please do include lots for the future.
Hi Alex nice to see you have a Triumph, You need a new bush kit on your gearstick , maybe a new diaphram on the carb ( check it very carefully as apin hole will make it loose power) , I think also your clutch slave cylinder is leeking and the gearbox oil is low but the 13/60 Heralds are the best of the Heralds yo be able to drive on a regular basis also you may be able to advance the timing by a few degrees as super plus is higher octane the distributor has a small vernier adjustment so altering timing is easy
To Paul Taylor Don't know about it NOY being a good night to fetch the car! On a rainy day/night, you will find out if the windscreen wipers wipe in a good arc, or not, and THESE are excellent!
Im quite jelous of your little road trip .The little herald certainly proved its self , and so did the driver. Nice car looking forward seeing more of it on the channel . As they say a womans welding is never done 😉. I grew up with a rusting herald on the drive for a few years in the late 70s early 80s . Got towed away in the end my dad realised it might not be do able, then replaced by a hillman imp . Re the front screen we used to use arbomast to seal them up , messy but really good stuff. Seal rubber to glass and glass to body all the way round .
Great car, look forward to the updates. The stromberg carb is perhaps the only weakness on the engine side of things, you may find a better solution swapping it out for an SU, or perhaps twin SU's. I am just about to start swapping my Stromberg out for a 45 weber setup, not the cheapest of options but having raced these superb engines way back when, they respond really well to such mods. If you can't find one in your spares you may have got with the car, I have a spare chrome wheel embellisher ( I noticed the OSF one was missing) , in fact I have all 4 together with the wheels and hubcaps, I have many more spares too, if you need stuff.
That rough running could be that aweful Stromberg carb. The diaphragm inside the the top cover can become stretched or holed, and is worth replacing before tuning.
What a familiar engine noise from the 1296cc Standard SC! The bus you caught was either an E200 or an E300. They are crap to drive and worse than the old Dennis Dart I trained on.
Just think, next summer, you can go for a day out in this and sunbathe somewhere nice.....most likely while lying halfunder it, fixing something that broke or fell off it :)
I love Herald estates. You are an amazing UA-camr!!!! Will you be at the NEC show in November? If so I will sneak up behind you and burp down your ear :D
God help us? I hope I'm not mangling history, but my recollection is that the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic was registered as G-EAOU. God 'elp all of us! I've not seen an estate - it's a body style which never made it to Australia. I briefly had a Herald coupe over 50 years ago, and particularly remember the cardboard dashboard and the terrible rear suspension. A question if I may .... I've been trying to get onto JR Wadhams, but their website seems to be not functioning. Is there anything amiss with them that you've heard of? Cheers.
Hi Alex and Remi, Where are you going to keep it? Good find however. Re' the tree branch gag, it was an Austin 1100 that John Cleese, aka Basil Fawlty attacked with the aforesaid tree branch. A firthy night to be taking it home,what a brave pair of souls you are. 😀 As ever, take care, Jon B. 🙂
Dad had a Herald shooting break( two door estate) it was dark green with Caramel coloured vinyl seats, a night mare to travel in the back the diff droned through the car and it always had a smell of oil and 4 star petrol, he replaced it with a 1974 Triumph Toledo and that was a bit more comfortable but still a horrible car to travel in. Dad loved Triumphs , god knows why because they were horrible cars with constant braking problems Dad was always fixing his.
Hi the 3 wheeler car that's in your video is my car got it last December. It's normally on south as I work in WHSmith on nights. My names mike please pop in for a chat about the car if your interested in more information about it and it's history also I have a scooter also. Many thanks
Lovely Herald, you would have been scuppered if you'd bought a saloon or convertible because then you'd have had to make a return trip to pick up the spares.... And a convertible might have let most of that rain in!😊 Is this replacing your large V8 powered thing, or has your collection now reached the "one more won't matter" stage, and you aren't playing the "one in, one out" game?😂
Wow ! can't be many estates left nowadays , well done for getting it , Heralds are a very underrated car
In the immortal words of “HubNut” it’s a collection caper!
Plus NO "triangle of doom" from the wipers...
The Herald estate has been a much cherished car during its life😊
Another lovely video Alex! I love Triumph Heralds. The estate is a great looking car 👍
I loved the design of the later Heralds and Vitesse models, Good choice Alex, from the side profile it does look like a hearse lol
Ah, the joys of driving an unknown old car a long distance home. I did it, almost a year ago, with Clementine the ‘54 Rover 90. 3 hour drive from mid north NSW back to sunny Lithgow in the Blue Mountains on country back roads. A fun drive but, thankfully, no problems. Then I replaced ignition parts that were only just hanging on and gave her a good tune up. The Stromberg Carbys are similar in function and tuning to the SU. Have twin Strongberg 175CD on Black Betty the ‘66 Humber Super Snipe.
What a lovely old thing! Looking forward to seeing more of it!
You really know about cars and your personality is delightful so really enjoyable video. My first proper car was a Triumph 1300 which I bought from my boss for 50 pounds. It had the same problem with the gear link rubber boss thingy; it's actually an easy inexpensive job. I then sold the 1300 after driving it to Paris and back from The Elephant and Castle, and bought a lovely Triumph Herald Coupe 948 cc with the twin SU carbs. Later on I got Triumph Vitesse convertible 2.0 litre. Lovely cars!
That gear lver rattle was also shared by the Viva HC in ohv guise. The gear lever is serviced through a transfer tube being so far offset.
I seem to remember forty years ago the Vauxhall agent servicing it.
The Triumph & Vauxhall engine are very conventional.
Hope the estate 🙏 brings you much pleasure 😊
Great entertainment Alex. On catch up mode as we been in Tenerife last eight days and the weather was absolutely amazing unlike old Blighty.
Great little car, Alex. I had a Mk1 Vitesse 2.0l saloon many years ago, and it was great to drive. You two will have hours of fun with that, just beware of the rear suspension causing odd handling if you lift of the power in bends. They were notorious for rear wheel camber changes, jacking one rear wheel up, as the other tucks in. They have a single rear leaf spring, bolted across the diff as the upper suspension link. Later cars had modifications to improve the handling. My Vitesse had the sloppy gear change too, and it's an easy fix. Just replace the bushes in the selector link, you can do it, sat in the car. The fibreboard tunnel cover unbolts to expose the whole gearbox. You can even change the clutch that way, just ensure the tunnel cover seal is good on refit, or it will let water in. You need to replace the rubber diaphragms in Stromberg carbs regularly. They deteriorate with fuel contact, more so with modern fuels. Even a tiny pinhole will cause poor ecconomy, and rough running. They work like an SU carb, and the rubber diaphragm controls the vacuum that lifts the fuel needle and piston. They have the same oil in the dashpot, and the diaphrams are as easy to change as lifting an SU piston out. The mixture is usually adjusted with a Stromberg jet tool, down the dashpot oil tube.
I’ve had a couple of Heralds…a lot of fun…but never get caught a bit too fast on a bend and have to brake…the back wheels will tuck under and cause a brown stain in your underpants. I recognised the herald sound as soon as it started…but I think you’re gonna have to recarb that buildurettor, and it will make an astonishing difference. And the gear linkages are shot…but easy to replace! Good luck! Happy to advise where I can. Oil the trunnions!!!!
Brilliant car . Had an estate in lime green when I was a teenager many centuries ago😂
Rubbish weather to be picking a car like that up in, but was similar for me when I got mine, and I had further to travel, and I didn't take any wipers with me! This has pleased me - I will look forward to some Triumph content in due course. Excellent Remi, what a lovely car!
Awww thank you so much 😍 x
Ahhhhh, the joys of driving an unknown old car, a long way back home, on a rainy dark night! The butterflies are only explainable to those who have done it! I remember picking up a beautiful series 1 Xj6, from Northamptonshire, in the 90s, not a Herald granted, but it was sleeting, dark and the journey back to South Wales, without any external mirrors or a demister to speak of, was a long slightly anxious one! Beautiful car though Alex and she didn't miss a beat.
More recently, I spotted a lovely Renault 4 for sale in Northern Spain, which I purchased and drove back to Glamorgan, not without a few electrical issues, mainly Indicators, not good on the Motorway in such a tiny car! After some fettling she took us down through France and Spain last summer Alex, to Lanzarote and she'll be returning to Wales next week, just for a Winter break, so looking forward to the return journey!!
I'm a big P6 and Rover fan in general, admire your P4 and Mr Jenkins, and have owned a couple of P6s, a "2200 and a 3500S and will get another, one of these days, a series 1 2000 probably.Been too long....
Just love the R4 though, utterly charming and much revered in Spain, where they were also built. Everyone should try one!
I always fancied a Herald, so enjoyed that Alex, can completely relate to that clip. Look forward to hearing all about it. Paul.
Awesome car absolutely awesome , estates rule 👍👍
Congratulations, that is a beautiful car. Must be rare as hens' teeth! Driving a car for the first time on a dark, wet night is always a memorable challenge.
Oh wow, the Herald is my favourite car!
What a lovely Herald, good luck with it.
I absolutely love it. Pun has the same gear stick rattle that TeeCee does. Can't wait to see updates Alex 😊
Maybe an easier car to work on too. You can sit on the wheel and work on the engine 🤗👍🇮🇪
Love this car
Love the tail lights. You two can take that one camping.
Oh no. No camping for me thanks haha
Loving your new Triumph Herald Hearse 😉
Nice one, guys .. I have owned one of them many moons ago ... same colour as well 😄
Well, That's a result. Should make a good car and a load of good video. Good luck to both of you with a Triumph in your lives, I've had Triumphs for over 50 years. and my Stag for 44 years.. Bob
To Bob Speller
If I had the money, I would have every MICHELITTI -designed Triumph from the 60's and 70's!
And each in ALL the colours!
Even without metallic, somehow, Triumph seemed to have beautiful colours, time after time, on all their models!
Very nice car - lots of charm
good one Gary from Crewe
Love it,Chester reg plate too.UN.
Love this little thing! Also, good point about the bonnet. 😂
What a great video Alex I adore the Triumph Herald and one of the easiest car to work ok I have ever worked on in the past.
Congratulations on your new baby!!
I have seriously thought about a Vitesse so will look to how you get on with this one. Please do include lots for the future.
Hi Alex nice to see you have a Triumph, You need a new bush kit on your gearstick , maybe a new diaphram on the carb ( check it very carefully as apin hole will make it loose power) , I think also your clutch slave cylinder is leeking and the gearbox oil is low but the 13/60 Heralds are the best of the Heralds yo be able to drive on a regular basis also you may be able to advance the timing by a few degrees as super plus is higher octane the distributor has a small vernier adjustment so altering timing is easy
Nice Collection Caper - seemed to go quite smoothly.
For a moment I thought you bought yourself a hearse; to early for that!😊
You look well in this video Alex. Great little find this one but a horrible night to pick a car up, poor Triumph.
To Paul Taylor
Don't know about it NOY being a good night to fetch the car!
On a rainy day/night, you will find out if the windscreen wipers wipe in a good arc, or not, and THESE are excellent!
I LIKE the numberplate of this car! (No PUN intended!)
Haha yes that's what i keep saying lol no pun intended
Great purchase! I do like a Herald 🙂
Enjoyed this video Alex, love a collection caper
Great choice and so practical. Approved 👍
Im quite jelous of your little road trip .The little herald certainly proved its self , and so did the driver.
Nice car looking forward seeing more of it on the channel .
As they say a womans welding is never done 😉.
I grew up with a rusting herald on the drive for a few years in the late 70s early 80s .
Got towed away in the end my dad realised it might not be do able, then replaced by a hillman imp .
Re the front screen we used to use arbomast to seal them up , messy but really good stuff.
Seal rubber to glass and glass to body all the way round .
My Volvo 144 had same gearstick rattle on all four
Great car, look forward to the updates. The stromberg carb is perhaps the only weakness on the engine side of things, you may find a better solution swapping it out for an SU, or perhaps twin SU's. I am just about to start swapping my Stromberg out for a 45 weber setup, not the cheapest of options but having raced these superb engines way back when, they respond really well to such mods. If you can't find one in your spares you may have got with the car, I have a spare chrome wheel embellisher ( I noticed the OSF one was missing) , in fact I have all 4 together with the wheels and hubcaps, I have many more spares too, if you need stuff.
Thanks mate! No there doesn't seem to be an embellishment in the spares. 😔
That rough running could be that aweful Stromberg carb. The diaphragm inside the the top cover can become stretched or holed, and is worth replacing before tuning.
What a familiar engine noise from the 1296cc Standard SC! The bus you caught was either an E200 or an E300. They are crap to drive and worse than the old Dennis Dart I trained on.
ToArun Parkin.
Dennis Dart, eh?
I used to work at their factory, but not MAKING them - I was a security guard.
Expert in car to fix and carb should be reliable
Just think, next summer, you can go for a day out in this and sunbathe somewhere nice.....most likely while lying halfunder it, fixing something that broke or fell off it :)
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It does look a bit like a baby hearse 😳 it’s gonna be interesting though.
I love Herald estates. You are an amazing UA-camr!!!! Will you be at the NEC show in November? If so I will sneak up behind you and burp down your ear :D
Hahahaha yes please do that 😆😆😆 thank you 😊. Yes nec with my Allegro
@@Alexsassets I love Allegros :D I am also a weirdo with a Morris Ital fetish. I am 54 and still find burping funny.
@@Alexsassets I did a deep bassy burp the other day and didn't have my recording device with me.
Have you still got that old early 60s galaxy? That's nice that is!
Yes the galaxy is in storage for now
Awesome 👌
I would think you would need a lead additive in your petrol?
It's got a lovely ringtone!
Remi's phone? Lol
@@Alexsassets the gear stick
@@simon.easton bloody annoying
On the way to Gloucester driven by Fred West, and plenty of room in back.. be careful
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To Nutty About Old MG Cars.
OH! I get what you mean!
To Nutty About Old MG Cars
Actually, watch out Alex - I've just noticed that (in the dark) REMY does look a bit like FRED WEST!
@nygelmiller5293 😆😆😅 if anyone is going to be buried in the garden, it will be him 😆😆
Looks nice have you sold the big yank ,?
No that's in storage
Big day iut🎉
Is it his and hers, whos having the Robin? 😂
Haha no Robin was just found in carpark
God help us? I hope I'm not mangling history, but my recollection is that the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic was registered as G-EAOU. God 'elp all of us! I've not seen an estate - it's a body style which never made it to Australia. I briefly had a Herald coupe over 50 years ago, and particularly remember the cardboard dashboard and the terrible rear suspension. A question if I may .... I've been trying to get onto JR Wadhams, but their website seems to be not functioning. Is there anything amiss with them that you've heard of? Cheers.
Hi Alex and Remi,
Where are you going to keep it? Good find however.
Re' the tree branch gag, it was an Austin 1100 that John Cleese, aka Basil Fawlty attacked with the aforesaid tree branch.
A firthy night to be taking it home,what a brave pair of souls you are. 😀
As ever, take care,
Jon B. 🙂
It will be on the driveway
@@AlexsassetsThe neighbours will be pleased.... 😂
I guess the stick on the left is overdrive
No overdrive on this model
Captins Tolly's is good for screen leaks
To Richard Oliver
Not heard of that. "Captains Tollys?"
I don't know what that is but it sounds like something RUDE!
Thank you for the recommendation on Capt. Tolley's...I've just ordered some
Probably petrol smell is common on said carb it was on my volvo
Dad had a Herald shooting break( two door estate) it was dark green with Caramel coloured vinyl seats, a night mare to travel in the back the diff droned through the car and it always had a smell of oil and 4 star petrol, he replaced it with a 1974 Triumph Toledo and that was a bit more comfortable but still a horrible car to travel in. Dad loved Triumphs , god knows why because they were horrible cars with constant braking problems Dad was always fixing his.
😆 sounds about right haha
Yes, but more fun than any modern car.
Thought so!
Haha know where to put it!
Hi the 3 wheeler car that's in your video is my car got it last December. It's normally on south as I work in WHSmith on nights. My names mike please pop in for a chat about the car if your interested in more information about it and it's history also I have a scooter also. Many thanks
Oh wow cool! Hello Mike 😀
Lovely Herald, you would have been scuppered if you'd bought a saloon or convertible because then you'd have had to make a return trip to pick up the spares.... And a convertible might have let most of that rain in!😊
Is this replacing your large V8 powered thing, or has your collection now reached the "one more won't matter" stage, and you aren't playing the "one in, one out" game?😂
Haha no the Galaxie is in storage. This Herald is to replace one of the MG ZS cars that got stolen.
@@Alexsassets Oh!😮 I didn't know one of Remi's cars was stolen, I just saw your answer to another viewer...that's lousy when that happens...
@jaybee1921 well he crashed it and then it went missing out of the ditch lol
@@Alexsassets Ah, well the Herald is a good replacement, it'll slow him down a bit...😁
I do like pun but he looks a bit like a Hurst lol.
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I wish UA-cam had smell a Vision I bet the fumes out that smell lovely
also alex you should of been holding his knob while he was driving on the motorway, stop the rattle 🤣
😆 not enough room with the size of that steering wheel lol
Gotta love a bit of a fixer upper! Buying a car that works properly is boring
For a moment I thought you bought yourself a hearse; to early for that!😊
On way to Gloucester , driver appears to bear resemblance to Fred West
Awesome 👌