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Beeeoootiful '57 A on eBay

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Steve_S said:
Let the "bashing of a beautiful car" begin. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif

"beautiful period correct nut and bolt restoration in both cosmetics and mechanics"

- Wrong map lamp knob
- Radiator not restored
- Dashpot covers probably hiding yucky stuff
- Damper nuts incorrect
- Valve cover nuts painted
- Manufacturer's plate installed backwards
- Didn't straighten the r/h fender mirror before taking photo!
- Top frame painted white
- Underside of car filthy, ground up restored?!?
- Rusty exhaust manifold
- Fluid spraying on lower engine bay
- Driver's door not aligned (hitting pillar)

Still a beautiful car, but the price is already too high.
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Good catches, all.

To which I would add:

- a radio blanking plate that looks a slightly different colour than the dash,

- wrong turn signal light and bezel

- missing inner door panel stiffeners

- badly fitting outer front bumpers (the gap between bumper and body often shows with originals though)

- missing central arm rest cushion

- wrong dashpots with cheesy non-original dampers

- don't know that the fan should be yellow that early (but too lazy to look it up)

- wrong fuel flex from hard line to carbs - but the thick size as seen between the carbs seems to be unavailable now

- wrong spare tire cover

- wrong side curtains (should be covered, not alloy)

Don't know if this car should have single window top as no number given.

But after all that quibbling, still a very decent driver, if not quite the concours example they lead you to expect.
 
BOXoROCKS said:
And then there are TR3's.........These cars have no business going together and looking like cars.
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One of the biggest mistakes they made building TR-3s (hey - they weren't going to have to take em apart again 20 years later) was that they ran the fender bolts opposite to the MGs - in other words the heads were inside the car, all nice and shielded from that nasty weather, while the excess threads were left to stick out under the fenders.

Which is why #1 tool for taking a TR apart is a hot wrench and #2 is a drill.....
 
Ha! I didn't catch the fan color, good one! If memory serves, it should be black for that year. I'm just so used to seeing yellow fans that it didn't strike me as odd.

The turn lamp lenses look correct to me. Later cars had a flat one but early cars used the "cone" type. I'm too lazy to walk 50 feet to the garage and have a closer look.
 
Steve,

According to the two restoration books that I have,and my A, the fan color should not be black but the maroon color of the engine. The yellow appeared on the 1600.

And the Lenses are correct for the 1500. They went to flat on the 1600..
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