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AFTER: First club day out 5/12/99
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Our 1970 TR6 was purchased from Terry Cartwright
at Renown Triumph. Terry had pulled the car apart and reconditioned
the engine, gearbox and diff. There was still the bodywork, brakes,
clutch and suspension to do.
We pulled the car totally apart and started again apart from what Terry
had reconditioned. This started with sandblasting the chassis and sodablasting
the body and repairing the welds on the chassis. This was followed by
brakes, cylinders and hoses, etc. Clutch, suspension, petrol tank pump
were all reconditioned.
We then moved back to the body for repainting. This was undertaken by
a professional painter Jim Hauschild who is also a member of the club.
He also owns a Vitesse which he is restoring and was painted with a
2 pack & lacquer finish. Jim painted the TR6 in pieces. This process
took about 4 weeks which enabled me to work on the chassis and other
components in the meantime. Finally the big day arrived and we bolted
the body to chassis, fitted the doors which is controlled by packers
between the chassis and body and quite tricky to get right. Lots of
trial and error with the added worry of trying not to mark the new paint
while this was going on!
The bonnet and boot lid including the rubber seals were next on the
list to be fitted. The remade hood was then bolted on and fitted. We
then hired an engine hoist to lift the motor and gearbox into the car
which was a tight squeeze but eventually got it in place.
From here we moved onto the dashboard and instrument panel which was
reconditioned by Parrotts. Fitting these parts to a TR6 is a very frustrating
and time consuming job. It was now time to fit the wiring loom to the
car. This job was undertaken by Renown Triumph where all electrics were
connected up and the motor started. I was in Australia with my wife
while this was going on and it was nice to come back to a running car!
Continued on TR6 Page
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