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Ok, here's the story. in '95 ago I was in the market for an inexpensive commuter car. Work wasn't far then, so I wasn't too concerned. I hit the want ads and there she was. A '67 triumph for $1500. I thought, what the hey, lets go take a look. Up to this point, I'd never even heard of a Triumph. Well, to make a long story (and a drive) short, I fell in love and soon parted with my hard earned cash. I drove it for two years. Primer yellow and grey. It later gained a red door when my window shattered and I put on one of my spares. The guy I bought it from claimed all it needed was to be painted.
Soon, however, I started noticing cracks along the center bubble of the bonnet (hood for those in the US and other areas), as well as along the headlights. I decided at this point it would be good to fix the cracking before I painted.
One bottle of propane through the torch and what must have been 10 pounds of Bondo later I determined that bonnet was not fit for this car. It was so badly dented and welded and brazed, I don't know who could have truly made it look good.
That was when I lucked out. At work one day I came out to discover a note on my windshield.
This note stated that someone had a bonnet in nearby town for cheap if I was interested. Like he had to ask me twice. I called him as soon as I got home and found out it only had a minor amount of surface rust and 1 small hole.
Willing to take a chance, I ventured to his his place, but not expecting too much. When I saw the bonnet he meant exactly what he said, not some toned down version. It had very light surface rust, and one small hole, but it also some a number of minor dings and dents.
$200 later I had myself a new bonnet. I couldn't have even purchased the few bits of replacement sheet-metal for that price. A little bit of elbow grease by my body-working little brother and $25 for a can of primer, I was then the owner of near new bonnet (pictured above.)
Later I purchased floor pan replacements, inner and outer rocker panels, a rear valence, and a battery box. I fully intended to make it a rolling restoration as I was then driving it. But after realizing I didn't want my passengers falling through the floor I decided it was time to park it and do a proper restoration. Then I got married and moved and didn't touch it again for around nearly a decade except to move it around. With little space, time, or resources, my hands were basically tied.

So here you will see just how far I have come since I started diligently working on it since 2009.

As it currently sits in Sept 2016.