Listers:
Looking for the collective wisdom of the TR3 owners who may have gone this
route before, regarding the inner & outer sills and floor mounting. In my
case the PO had carried out some repairs and my car has really good outer
sills. The inner sills are another matter; lots of metal there, but lots
of rust as well. My questions:
1. Is it possible to replace the inner sills and leave the outer sills
(rocker panels) in place or to salvage these?
2. What does the outer edge of the floor fasten (weld) to - the inner side
of the inner sill?
3. The joint at the top of the rocker panels, the verticle edge dropping
to the floor - which panels meet here? Is it formed by the top of the
inner sill and the outer sill welded together?
4. Should I just bite the bullet and cut everything out - sills, floors,
etc and start all over?
In my case, most of the panels, including the floors look repairable, no
significant rust, except for the inner sills. Would be nice to be able to
salvage some of them. Doing my own MIG welding and panel fitting.
Many thanks in advance for any insight into this.
Angelo Graham
1959 TR3A
Waterloo, Ont. Canada
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