TR6 TR6 Front fenders

[Eleztr6]

Have a 1975 TR 6. One of the fenders has a front fender that the bolt hole for the bumper is below the actual bumper bolt. I am told that the fender was more likely from an earlier model. Is there a known method for attaching the bumper to the fender w/o drilling another hole??? Thanks

 

[robertrudolphi]

I bought the wrong one years ago, (mine is a 74 and I must have purchased 75/76 fenders) I ended up drilling a small hole and using a plastic plug to block the incorrect one

 

[Eleztr6]

Yes a good option, also wonder if I could fabricate a bracket of sorts, or would this just complicate things….

 

[Fern]

I had a 75 that was built in January of 1975. I believe they had to modify the bumper height and turn signal height only starting in February 1975 or about. So the January ‘75 cars were identified as 1974 1/2.

 

[mctriumph]

This brings to mind the storey of the Hartman Plug( a legend in our club).
Many people commute to and from Lawrence & Topeka and at the time, I would
wave to a good friend of mine as he went by in his old Mini almost daily.
One afternoon as we passed each other , he veered to the shoulder and stopped. I naturally
swung around too ,and stopped as Charley opened the bonnet. "suddenly just died" he said looking
for something"amiss" , and there was. The metal plug in the end of his intake manifold had fallen out
killing all vacuum to the carbs.
" Oh I have just the thing "he said, digging in the back seat for a few seconds and coming out with a wine
cork. With no more said ,he installed the plug in the end of the manifold, fired it up and drove off.
Elapsed time 3 minutes.
To this day there are folks in our club that will plug an unwanted hole in a LBC with a wine cork, in honor
of the humor and quick wit of Charley Hartman (a dear friend greatly missed).
I doubt if this helps much with the misplaced hole in the Tr6 fender . However if you do plug it off, put
CH on the plug and relate the story,when asked.
Mad dog

 

[Eleztr6]

This brings to mind the storey of the Hartman Plug( a legend in our club).
Many people commute to and from Lawrence & Topeka and at the time, I would
wave to a good friend of mine as he went by in his old Mini almost daily.
One afternoon as we passed each other , he veered to the shoulder and stopped. I naturally
swung around too ,and stopped as Charley opened the bonnet. "suddenly just died" he said looking
for something"amiss" , and there was. The metal plug in the end of his intake manifold had fallen out
killing all vacuum to the carbs.
" Oh I have just the thing "he said, digging in the back seat for a few seconds and coming out with a wine
cork. With no more said ,he installed the plug in the end of the manifold, fired it up and drove off.
Elapsed time 3 minutes.
To this day there are folks in our club that will plug an unwanted hole in a LBC with a wine cork, in honor
of the humor and quick wit of Charley Hartman (a dear friend greatly missed).
I doubt if this helps much with the misplaced hole in the Tr6 fender . However if you do plug it off, put
CH on the plug and relate the story,when asked.
Mad dog

Any story that honors someone and brings a smile is worth it…Thanks for sharing!!

 

[mctriumph]

The real wonder was that the cork had not yet found it's way out, through the rusty floor pans
his Mini had.
Mad dog