Bet everybody thought I was off the job. Well, Surprise! I'm back!
Finally got the frame repaired, painted, and ready to start building on. It's near perfect in the areas that show, and...well...not perfect in the areas that don't show with the body in place. But, at least it's done! A few perspectives.
1) Was it worth the time? No
2) Was it easy? No
3) Would I do it again? Actually, Yes
The sole reason I would do it again is that I can always say the car has the original frame (mostly). And, it was pretty cost effective, since I only invested $70 in 14 gage steel (only used half that) and $100 in sand (builds up the low spots in the yard) and epoxy primer (priceir than pixy dust). I'll have to write off the 3 weeks of labor...as usually in any restoration!?!
My next job that is all labor and no money will be drilling the body panels apart. I'm pretty sure it will be more like the Blue's Brother's car at the end of the movie, where it falls apart...it's in such bad shape.
My plan is to destruct the entire body and start it over on the "new" frame.
But that'll be for a new thread, titled..."Anyone got a TR2 Body"!?!