Mike,
Thanks for that, very interesting. The lack of water and muck protection
does sound a little worrying. I once got some glass mat and polyester resin
from a boat repairers - I wonder if you could add your own water channel..
hey it'd make a change from welding !
Thanks,
Neil
'70 TR6
CP52411
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike [mailto:74@tr6world.com]
> Sent: 08 October 2001 16:29
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Cc: Neil Beesley
> Subject: Re: Weight loss
>
>
> Neil,
>
> my 74 TR6 was fiberglas on all 4 wings. There were several
> differences between the steel and fiberglas products other than weight.
> 1. Fiberglas has waves and would need quite a bit of prep work
> to smooth them out.
> 2. the steel front wings have a water gully lip on the top and
> the glas did not. Water will roll into the areas of the engine
> compartment much easier if you are driving while it is wet.
> 3. The fiberglas front wings did not have the sealed off peice
> that keeps dirt, mud ect.. from spalshing back to the fire wall area.
>
> Hey, if your racing, points 1 & 3 shouldn't be a problem, but,
> water on the wiring.... maybe..... could be a potential hazard.
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Mike Brinker
> 74 TR6
>
>
>
> The following message was sent by "Neil Beesley"
> <neil.beesley@securesult.co.uk> on Mon, 8 Oct 2001 11:20:17 +0100.
>
> > Hi Listers,
> >
> > After reading an article about a lightened racing Vitesse at
> the weekend,
> > I
> > was idly pondering the idea of trying to even up the TR6's axle weight
> > distribution by replacing the front wings and bonnet with
> fibreglass panels,
> > and wondered if anyone on the list had experience of fitting glassfibre
> > body
> > panels, or heard of it being done ?
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