While waiting for the new inner to come I've made a start on some of the other areas that need repairing/patching.
The front section of sill which is behind the rear of the front wing has rusted along with a support bracket within the sill void.
I wanted to see if I could make the repair plate of one piece of metal - after making a card template and transferring it to a sheet 22 gauge I cut it out a cutting disc.
With some left over angle from the engine stand frame and a length of 50mm tubing - using the vice I bent the plate into the rough shape.
I now need make a replace bracket and somehow attach it to the remain non rusty part within the sill.
3hrs
This is my record of the restoration of my 1977 Triumph TR7, I bought the car in 1983 for £1500. Over the four years of driving it I had got married, moved to a 110 year old cottage in need of renovation and given a new company car. The TR was parked in the garage (1987) at the end of the garden. I always joked saying "that one day I put it back on the road". Twenty-four years later (Nov 2011) that day has arrived - wish me luck.
Monday, March 10, 2014
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