In message <" 9-Aug-94 9:45:12".*.George_N_Haynes.Wbst207V@Xerox.com> writes:
> Will,
> The new disease you describe has already been identified to TeriAnn Wakeman
> as "Restorer's Malaise". Sorry to hear you have it. Additional symptoms are
> the
> feeling that you're not skilled enough to do the rest of the work required or
> fear
> that something bad will happen,
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>
> BTW, how *IS* the TR3 progressing, TeriAnn?
>
> George Haynes
> 1956 MGA, Dove Grey, live axle, soft top, Overdrive
> 1965 TR4A, BRG, IRS, Surrey Top, Overdrive: the *next* restoration...
George 'tis a depressing question that you mention. It was going OK for a bit
then the "something bad happened" and I got depressed about it,hardly touching
the car because I have gotton as far as i can until the "something bad" gets
corrected :^(
It all started when I went to hang the doors and discovered the door opening to
be 1/4 inch too short. The shop that put in the floors, inner & outer sills
evidently did not bother trying to hang the doors that I left with the car for
that purpose. The other shoe was discovering that the outer sill protruded too
far forward and the front wings hit the outer sill. But everything looked
really nice..as long as you didn't try to put the doors and front wings on.
Well The Engine room was building the engine and I did not have a place to store
it (no garage, it would have to sit on a pallet outside on the dirt). So I
thought I would wait until the engine was done and I installed it in the car
before bringing it back to the body shop. Well the engine was going to be done
in a couple of weeks for the last 3 months.
Last weekend I saw the folly of my ways and the body is now back at the body
shop for them to do a freebee fix. And no, I'm not letting them cut down the
door. Well... I told them the could if they also paid to have the door panels,
side curtains, and hard top shortened and paid for a new soft top and tounu
cover. Then would make themselves lible for the cost of modifying those parts
if I ever need to replace them in the future.
Sooooo acording to theory, I will get a car back with fitting doors,and wings
that still has the interior painted and underside painted then undercoated. And
maybe just maybe Greg Solo will finish building the engine.
Interesting things Greg found that I would have missed:
- 4 of my new lifters failed hardness testing
- The new regrind cam was not tapered to get the lifters to turn (replaced it)
- the new pedistals for the rockershaft were slightly different in height
measured bottom of pedistal to bottom of rocker shaft opening
- Piston to valve clearence was a little tight with possible interference
at high revs.
The main reason I went to him is that I removed the shrouding around the intake
valve. This ment that there needed to be a little cut in the sleves to match
the new head configuration, and a corresponding cut in a solid sheet head
gasket. I had no idea how to do this correctly and he does this frequently.
I just wish he would get around to finishing the engine.
Sooo the clock ticks, the calendar shifts from day to day to the last sillables
of recorded time. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools.. the way to
non-finished TRs. This is a tale told by someone with restorer's malaise, full
of sadness and frustration... At the mercy of "profesionals"
TeriAnn Wakeman Large format photographers look at the world
twakeman@apple.com upside down and backwards
LINK: TWAKEMAN
408-974-2344 TR3A - TS75519L,
MGBGT - GHD4U149572G, Land Rover 109 - 164000561
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