1973 Ford F250
I bought this car on the internet and it was shipped to Mallorca.
That was the first and the last time I did that, because the import tax is so high and the paperwork takes a lot of time and nerves. For this reason, I advise shipping the vehicles to Holland.
This was also an 18-month project that we didn’t expect to be so in-depth. Everything we touched was broken. From the steering pump to the rear axle and so on. We really had to renew every single detail on the car.
The chassis was sandblasted and the whole suspension was powder coated a glossy black.
We made the boot floor ourselves because it wasn’t possible to buy the parts new and it would have cost us a fortune to transport them.
All in all, the project was a difficult tricky custom job.
We changed the colour from green to patrol blue with a white roof. We think the result is a nice retro model with a very high colour level for the time.
1955 Triumph TR 2
This is one of only 3434 models produced in 1955.
The car originated in dry California and was shipped to Rotterdam (Holland). It is an original surviving car that has never been restored before.
We transported the car to Lemmer, the village where I still have family in Holland, and we had to prepare the vehicle to be able to put a Dutch number plate on it.
After putting Dutch plates on the car, we took it to Mallorca, where I have been living for over 15 years now.
I started restoring the car by overhauling the engine, sandblasting and powder coating all the parts, salvaging or replacing the suspension and the rest of all parts.
I reused all the original nuts and bolts by re-galvanising them in the workshop.
On the bodywork, I replaced the floor panels and the outer door sills, as these are the places where rust starts first. Then I fitted the gearbox from a later Triumph TR6 with an overdrive. This is indeed a very big upgrade for the car and it drives much better now.
1969 Triumph TR6
This car we purchased as a barn find in Holland. The barn was very dry.
When the car saw the daylight, I had a better impression of what we have bought and believe me this was not what I had expect.
As you can see the car was in a very bad condition and it took 2 years to restore. But if you start something you have to finish it as well.
However at the end of the project, there came a fantastic car, also on this project we have learnt a lot.
The Triumph TR6 is a roadster produced by the British car manufacturer Triumph from 1968 to 1976. Thanks to its good price-performance ratio, the TR6 sold over 94,600 units.
The Triumph TR6 was introduced in 1968. The chassis was essentially based on that of the TR4.
