Due to work and not having the time I sent the car to a local garage that I know to be reputable. There the head was skimmed and pressure tested and head gasket replace, exhaust to manifold gasket replaced and also the water pump housing gasket replaced.
Just as I went to collect the car they discovered a small hole in the pipe coming from the back of the water pump to the heating pipes. This was at 5:00pm on a Friday afternoon, does law. 30min minutes later and a quick trip to see Tim at Willow Triumph and a replacement had been sourced and was being fitted. 30 minutes later and the car was back to life.
The next day I changed the HT leads for some red silicone replacements and using a timing light I set up the timing to 10deg before top dead centre (BTDC) the car is now running great.
Hopefully I'll get a picture of the ruined head gasket up soon.
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