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TR2/3/3A 1960 TR3 A Door Check Assembly
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trglory
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No, it looks symmetrical to me, can go either way. But speaking of PITA, the piece in the A post that the check strap is attached to is broken on the passenger side of my car (I only have the back half of the circle). Anyone have ideas on how to rehab this connection?
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If that is the part number you need, I accidentally ordered 2 extra. If you want them, I will sell them for $40 each. If the part you need is in the front post which connects to the part number referenced, I never found anyone to sell them so I made one after my wife (engineer) did a drawing of it .
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That's what I thought too and that's why it hasn't been fixed yet. Things like this don't break until you are done with a full restoration. It's all part of Murphy's Law, I guess. :grumpy: However, the cost associated with doing it right simply doesn't justify the end result, so I'll just need to come up with a "brilliantly engineered" plan B.
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I had a broken one on the driver's side, and wound up fabbing a new one. I drilled out the spot welds in the A post to take out the old one. I wrapped paper around it and traced the outline. Then I laid the pattern out on a piece of steel and cut it out. I found an electrical box cover that was the same gauge materiel as the piece. With some careful bending and contorting, I managed to make a pretty good replica. Too bad the pic I took of it is out of focus.
Of course, the front wing has to be off for this job.
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Art; That's a real nice reproduction you made. I was getting very excited until I got to the "of course" part. I'm not coming up with any other great ideas, so I might just have to bite the bullet and start taking the car apart. Let's see what we need to remove to get to this itsy bitsy part .... bumper, fog lights, door, fender, kick panel, ....
Joe
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