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Although the holes were rather small, I had to count (and fill) them all....34 in total....I think that I am getting fairly close to getting some POR15 applied to the interior of the tub at least.

Took the body off again tonight as I think that I am going to concentrate on getting the engine fired up. I have never heard it run(wasn't running when I bought her)and I don't think that it has run in about 7 years....should be interesting! I think that I need to gather up a few of my local triumph guys for the occasion.

Anyway, a few photos as usual...although kinda boring....

Fixed this guy...

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Old Roll Bar Mounting location(s)

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Cheers,
M. Pied Lourd
 
Looks like good solid metal your working with.
 
Not bad in certain areas Keith...I have seen much worse. I am still amazed at how much metal I have taken off the car and replaced though....

I think that the only welding I have to do left is the rear close out panel, battery box, left and right dogleg bottoms and a few fender plugs..I am sure more stuff will pop up though when I start playing around with the panels again.

Cheers,
M. Pied Lourd
 
"Nobody knows how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall."

Might be a great name for your project?
 
On the late TR3A (TS 81551 L) that I restored, I had to get "new" front and rear fenders plus the LHS door because of the accident that had occured before it sat for 3 winters and summers in a garden under a tarpaulin.

The "new" rear fender looked good when I got it, but after taking out the "Bondo" along a 4 foot long scrape almost the fill length, some DPO had drlled 56 small holes about 3/16" diameter along the scrape and along each side of it. Then he had taken a tapered pin and hammered this tapered pin into every hole to flare the hole inwards so the Bondo wouldn't fall out.

I removed it all and plug welded all these holes closed with my MIG welder and then ground off the excess and sanded it flush - as it should have been done in the first place.

The fender came out perfect.
 

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Put the carbs on, fuel pump, oil filter, dizzy today...looks like the Test Start day is planning for December 27th so I am looking forward to that. Going to look after the cooling system tomorrow and work on getting the oil/temp/tach guages hooked up in some sort of rig. Need to play around with the exhaust a little bit so as not to scare the neighbours!

Will take some video of the occasion that I hope will be successful!

Cheers,
M. Pied Lourd
 
Some wisdom (for what it's worth) from NorCal:

I just slipped on one muffler and that was sufficient for a start in my garage. Make sure you route your wiring so you can't short out to the block or get temporary wires caught in moving parts. I fed my fuel pump from a plastic fuel can on the ground with a suction stub - keep fuel away from car - it is so dangerous. You'll probably need help for start as you'll be working the carbs (choke and fast idle) and having second set of hands on the ignition/starter. Make sure your hoses are all good and tight. I took a huge antifreeze shower when the hose on discharge side of water pump came loose. What a stinking mess. Maybe start with water rather than antifreeze. If you can spin engine with no plugs and get oil pressure pumped up before starting, that will be a good idea. Static timing was fine to dial in timing to get engine started. Then I used a light to set timing at idle. Ensure oil line to the gauge is tight - mine leaked on the floor. Maybe squirt some oil on the rockers before start up. That's all I can think of for now.
Make sure you post video!!

Good luck!

Pat
 
Pat,

Thanks very much for the tips. I am sure that I will have a few TRiumph guys in the garage on the day to help out.

Cheers,
Dave
 
David, how do you keep track of all of the projects?? I have trouble with two cars that are "almost" nearly done. You have several that are in various states of dis-assembly. I admire the efforts and the work that you are doing to each one, plus what you've done to the TR6.
 
Paul,

I am trying to compete with TDSkip.


Cheers,
Tush
 
Tom,

Didn't I see a new years resolution from you in early January of this year? Something about no more cars?

Don't make me look for it :smile:

Cheers,
Tush
 
You have an Alfa apart and hiding in that mix too????

A brave man indeed, very brave.......many different projects at once.
 
Brosky said:
You have an Alfa apart and hiding in that mix too????

A brave man indeed, very brave.......many different projects at once.
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Hi Paul! Yeah, but in my defense the Alfa was apart when I got her and is now going back together. Brave | stupid. Fine line there...

Happy Holidays guys!
 
Bit of an update this evening. Spent a solid 8 hours on the car over the weekend. Decided to media blast the interior of the tub to clean it up as best as I could prior to putting down some POR15. A dirty job in a closed up garage but I like the end result. Some pics of the rear of the tub as I am not finished the front yet.

So started with this and had been working at it with wire brushes, grinder, strippers off and on when I got bored with other projects.

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Cheers,
Dave
 
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