{"id":861,"date":"2016-08-27T13:07:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T12:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=861"},"modified":"2016-08-27T13:13:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T12:13:29","slug":"8558-pu-convertible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/8558-pu-convertible\/","title":{"rendered":"8558 PU &#8211; Convertible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Atkins writes:<br \/>\n&#8220;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">My Herald Convertible (bought from John Fosse at Ashey) it was registered as 8558PU.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>PU was\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">an Essex number, starting in 1960 and ending in January 1961. Pete continues, &#8220;However, what would now be a Classic Car was &#8211; in about 1969\/70 when I had it &#8211; just an Old Banger. It was primrose yellow, but I don&#8217;t know if that was original.<br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">I can remember that it had a 948cc engine with twin SU carbs &#8211; but I put a con-rod through the side so I had to change the engine. The donor vehicle was a Standard 8 (which cost me \u00a310) and all I had to do was change the mountings. Being a Standard 8 (as opposed to a Standard 10) the engine was a bit smaller &#8211; but it did the trick!<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">The Herald was a joy to work on: to change the engine we took the bonnet right off, tied a couple of scaffolding poles across the engine &#8211; the two of us put a scaffolding pole on each shoulder, stood up and walked off with it! 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