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Donor body found!

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tinman58

tinman58

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Well I found this body and chassie on E-Bay I won the bidding (good thing since I was the only one bidding). So my Wife and I got a trailer and jumped in the truck Friday and drove the 400 miles to L.A. We picked up the car on Saturday morning and back to Brentwood by 3:30 in the afternoon. The p.o. was going to make this TR in to a "racer". But a heart attack stopped him. The body #is TS23351L. There is the usual rust at the B-pillars and surface rust all over. I will take this one in to a media blasting shop to really clean it up. The frame was all done except for the front suspension, I don't need the frame so if any body does let me know. I want to have the TR done for the Triumphfest in Oct. It could be possible. While the old body is off the frame of the TR that got smashed I am going to add a overdrive and have the head redone and a few other things that I would do diffrent now that I am doing the second restore in a year. I bought TS37148L at about this time last year. So another hot summer in the garage. One thing that I noticed about this TR is that the wood in the scuttle above the dash is rotted badly any advice on replacement?
Dan
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The frame was stripped clean and painted looks prett good but no front suspension was done (all the parts are in a box)
Dan
 
Dan,

I saw that auction! Congratulations on getting a donor.

Scott
 
Tinman....At the British car show in Woodland last month I met
a man who needs a TR3 frame. I kept his card. IF you want to
email me with your contact info ...email to:
gsissons@comcast.net
I will pass on how you want him to contact you. Gil
 
Nice find....

I also just found a MGA 1959 yesterday. It needs a frame though and the guys asking $1900. Neat little car to.
 
Congratulations Dan. It is a shame that you are going to have to go through the restoration process again so soon. At least this time it is only the bodywork. I hope it all goes smoothly for you.
 
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