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Triad three wheeler for sale.
« on: December 01, 2013, 03:05:47 PM »
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2013, 04:00:15 PM »
Yup, Mini based I think. Slightly eccentric styling.
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2013, 07:30:57 PM »
Yep Mini based with a chrome exhaust guard along the side as I recall.
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2013, 08:08:26 PM »
Chris  Reece's book as recalled by bob . oddly i find that the project looks more attractive than the finished job , doesn't that exhaust guard look a little clumsy ? just a thought if something had to leave the garage and go under a tarpaulin surely i would choose to put the fibreglass shell outdoors and not the chassis ?

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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2013, 09:14:32 AM »
True, but fibreglass can absorb water and then start de-laminating, if not done very skillfully. A friend had a Bond Equipe whose body went bubbly.
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2013, 09:46:06 AM »
Perhaps the wrong site too complain of a car with a bubbly body  Marcus 
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2013, 10:32:59 AM »
and yet they make boats and dinghy's out of it.
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2013, 10:51:09 AM »
Notice the windscreen - could fit a Bruetch???
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2013, 12:10:13 PM »
Bubbly bodies!
F/g boats and liquid tanks do have to be made carefully, ensuring the resin totally permeates and covers the glass.!
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2013, 12:21:52 PM »
Obviously where Mr.Bruetsch went wrong - my car was literally falling apart i.e. Top from bottom and floor from wheelarches .  But we must assume this 1990's car would be waterproof Marcus . Cars that can't be used in the rain ?
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2013, 12:37:02 PM »
Yes, Jeans Tourette was also falling apart, I think they were still learning back then.

The guy who repaired Jeans reckoned they were not using enough resin.
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2013, 12:39:30 PM »
Quote from: Barry on December 02, 2013, 10:51:09 AM
Notice the windscreen - could fit a Bruetch???

No its a flat screen.
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2013, 12:45:00 PM »
Thanks barry but nothing like what I need at all . Bob I shall say ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about Mr. Merkelts fibreglassing having the same problems as Herr Bruetsch's - not a word  ;D.       Yes.  I presume the same , the main pieces were fine but were joined to each other by a one thickness bandage 3" wide and that had completely dried out - I think it was just the paint holding mine together !
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2013, 01:01:57 PM »
That's a good point, wind ups aside, I wonder if Mr Merkelt the grandson remembers who actually made the Tourette shells? I will ask and report back.
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Re: Triad three wheeler for sale.
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2013, 01:06:10 PM »
I wonder if we could compare pics of jeans interior , pardon the phrase jean , with my Pfeil interior . Sorry we have hijacked but it happened naturally enough
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