I bought a TR6 about a year ago. It hadn't run in 15 years and needed brakes and some body work. That what I thought at the time, anyway. It was my intention to be tooling around with the top down before winter, like I did with an MGB in college many years ago. But then there were broken differential mounts and low oil pressure and vastly excessive end float on the crank and and a disgusting, nagging sense of having to do the job correctly. So now the car is about half way into a frame off restore. The excitement that comes from the neighbors stopping by declaring how they wish they could have this much fun and the inspiration of the many tv shows that highlight an engine starting for the first time with a bunch a professional techs standing around cheering drew me in. with all the before and after photos, I find myself wondering why there is so little coverage of the "during". After hundreds of hours of scraping off old rustproofing and media blasting rust I'm wondering when the fun stuff, like the tedium of welding patch panels and weeks of sanding paint will finally get here.
Signed, looking for inspiration in Wisconsin
Signed, looking for inspiration in Wisconsin