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For Sale La Dawri 'Del Mar' fiberglass body for TR-2 thru TR-6

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REVISED 29 JUNE - 1963 LaDawri Del Mar (body only or body & chassis):



Body (only) Price, $1800 or best offer

Body & Restored Chassis, $4K OBO.



From a 20-year slumber in a heated garage in Minnesota.

First plan is to sell the body, keep the chassis - but will consider selling as a package.



Chassis Details:
1963 TR4, solid-axle chassis has been fully restored, painted, and comes with:

- Rebuilt trans and driveshaft;

- New wheel cylinders, pads, shoes and lines;

- Rebuilt rack & pinion and front end; all new rubber bushings, tie rods and trunions;

- New TR4 floor pans included, but not installed.



The La Dawri 'Del Mar' fits TR3/4 and other cars with a wheelbase between 88-92"



This particular example comes bonded to a TR3 tub, which definitely needs some work.



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The Del Mar is the model for a small chassis (~88-92” wheelbase).
Complete car only weighs about 1500-1600 lbs, depending on engine.

These bodies were produced in California from the mid-50s until 1965 by LaDawri-Coachcraft, started by Les Dawson; see:
https://www.undiscoveredclassics.com/forgotten-fiberglass/forgotten-fiberglass-generations-1-2-3/generation-2-1956-1970/1956-2/ladawri-coachcraft/

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Body Details:
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New, primed TR floor pans included, but not installed ($450 new)
· TR3 fuel tank in good shape
· Like-New windshield glass (hard to find Vauxhall item) and trim included, but not installed
· Taillights are '50 Pontiac
· Needs doors mounted up, uses TR hinges
· Hood and trunk are hinged/latched
· Needs some flat chassis adapter plates to bolt to the chassis of your choice
· Only major holes in TR3 pan at the back of seat area (see pics) – about 4” square
· Trunk and firewall and door pillars are all solid
· Upon sale of body only, I will create a wood cradle with casters to easily roll it on to your flatbed trailer.

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It was purchased coincidentally in Virginia Beach by the PO about 20 years ago, and was kept in a heated garage all this time, having been off the road. The fiberglass is in pretty good shape because the engineer had a two-car garage addition built onto his existing two-car garage; in the back portion he had in-floor heat added when they laid the cement.

For more photos and details, please contact jrbayer3(at) yahoo or 206.715.1264.
 
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