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It's been so long, y'all probably forgot about me. I sold my TR3 over a year and a half ago, but my other cars had me spending time at ferrarichat and unfairly giving my BCF friends the cold shoulder. (My TR3 was restored and my third one of the decade, so I didn't have many questions.)
BUT TODAY...I picked up a '74 1/2 TR6. I feel like it's a moral victory for me, because I've owned a 3, 250, 7 and 8, but never a 6, 4 or 2. This car was a daily driver for a guy who had bought all the parts for it to restore, then had to sell. The guy had broken a spark plug off, so it didn't run. He sold to a guy in the neighborhood who figured he could flip it for a few bucks. This guy couldn't get the spark plug out with his limited tools, and he got sick of all the Craigslist flakes, so I picked it up for what he bought it for.
The car is totally rust free with the exception of one easy to address hole behind the driver's door. (My buddy and I just replaced a whole section of my 308 GT4 with complex curves, so this will be cake.) It's a Signal Red car with brown interior (yuck, but I can live with it.) The car needs to be repainted and the interior is pretty much totally shot, BUT, there is every single part required for restoration already sitting in boxes: complete interior (panels, seat upholstery, foam, webbing, top, carpet, column stalks), grills, bumpers, top, tonneau, Crane electronic ignition, radiator, rubber seals, lenses...it basically looks like the Vicky Brit catalog hurled into my garage!
Still haven't done a complete inventory, but that will come with time.
Already fitted to the car are new suspension bushings, a shiny new starter, and new Redline tires.
And did I mention it is an O/D car!!!???!!!
I already tried getting the broken spark plug out, but it was pretty seized. Tried some heat, but it wouldn't budge. My failure was not thinking to use a flute extractor (used a screw-type)...I think I have a flute extractor somewhere. It will be out tomorrow. The goal is to make it a runner ASAP then take it from there.
I'm excited, because my first "collector car" was a TR-250, but I sold it in '99. It's nice to be back among the TR ranks...this time back with a six-cyl.
BUT TODAY...I picked up a '74 1/2 TR6. I feel like it's a moral victory for me, because I've owned a 3, 250, 7 and 8, but never a 6, 4 or 2. This car was a daily driver for a guy who had bought all the parts for it to restore, then had to sell. The guy had broken a spark plug off, so it didn't run. He sold to a guy in the neighborhood who figured he could flip it for a few bucks. This guy couldn't get the spark plug out with his limited tools, and he got sick of all the Craigslist flakes, so I picked it up for what he bought it for.
The car is totally rust free with the exception of one easy to address hole behind the driver's door. (My buddy and I just replaced a whole section of my 308 GT4 with complex curves, so this will be cake.) It's a Signal Red car with brown interior (yuck, but I can live with it.) The car needs to be repainted and the interior is pretty much totally shot, BUT, there is every single part required for restoration already sitting in boxes: complete interior (panels, seat upholstery, foam, webbing, top, carpet, column stalks), grills, bumpers, top, tonneau, Crane electronic ignition, radiator, rubber seals, lenses...it basically looks like the Vicky Brit catalog hurled into my garage!
Still haven't done a complete inventory, but that will come with time.Already fitted to the car are new suspension bushings, a shiny new starter, and new Redline tires.
And did I mention it is an O/D car!!!???!!!
I already tried getting the broken spark plug out, but it was pretty seized. Tried some heat, but it wouldn't budge. My failure was not thinking to use a flute extractor (used a screw-type)...I think I have a flute extractor somewhere. It will be out tomorrow. The goal is to make it a runner ASAP then take it from there.
I'm excited, because my first "collector car" was a TR-250, but I sold it in '99. It's nice to be back among the TR ranks...this time back with a six-cyl.
