The rear deck isn't that bad, but DON'T get the complete assembled three
pieces. Buy the 3 separate pieces and fit yourself, as it will be a better
fit. As with most things on the TR, Replacing the rear deck isn't that bad as
long as you take your time in fitting it.
The rear valance does take some time to remove as there are a lot of spot
welds in various locations holding it on. If you equate time as being hard
then yes it's hard to do, but not that bad. The way I looked at repairs to my
car, if it had rust replace the complete panel.. Others might prefer to patch
it, but not me as I'm rather anal about rust.
Cruciform, I don't remember it being of thicker material than the frame. The
cruciform on my car had a few dime size holes in it and when it was
removed......surprise, lots of rust underneath. Of course there is no way to
tell unless you remove it. Should you, guess it depends on if you see
something that makes you think rust is underneath it.
There are picts on my web page of these repairs.
Richard Seaton
RSH17@msn.com
View My restoration @ (http://groups.msn.com/Richards69TR6Restoration)
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Malling
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 1:03 PM
To: 6-Pack
Subject: TR6 Project Car -- questions
List,
I'm looking at a 70 TR6 project car. It's in boxes, everything is bagged
and tagged. The frame is off. The frame has been sandblasted and painted
-- new suspension bushings. There are repair patches welded on the
bottom of the trailing arms. From what I can see it is solid. There does
not appear to be damage under the cruciform, but I guess maybe you can't
tell unless you take it off? Looks to be a decent job of patching the
trailing arms -- one thick piece that covers most of the bottom of the
trailing arm. It has new trailing arm bushing brackets and bolts. Seems
solid -- sounds solid.
The rear fenders are still on. They are sound. Needs a new rear deck.
Rockers are gone. Floors look rusted through along the line where the
front floors bend up and go up behind the pedals -- so maybe new floors.
The rest seems pretty good. Some new parts are included -- one new front
fender, new front Valance, new rockers.
Questions:
I can't see any rust near the B post. Fender looks good, door jam
portion of the post looks good, can't see anything bad behind the fender
near the B post. Can I assume the B post is OK, or are there likely to
be hidden surprises there?
I've heard horror stories about replacing the Rear Deck. My guess is
that most of them need to be replaced or repaired anyway, and that this
one is no worse than most. How bad is this job of replacing the rear
deck anyway?
May need a new rear Valance -- it's not bad, but may be just as easy to
replace it???
What about the frame? The bottom trailing arm repair looks good, but is
it? Suppose there are holes in the frame under the cruciform. If the
cruciform is thicker than the frame material, how bad is it? The
cruciform seems very solid. Is it tricking me?
Thanks,
Don Malling
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