In a message dated 3/14/2003 5:05:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
pkphilips@attbi.com writes:
> At some not-too-distant time I will need to tackle bodywork on my 1965
TR4A.
> My question deals with body panels from the "big three".
>
> I notice that one of the vendors, in breath taking candor, states in their
> catalogue that with recent improvements implemented by the supplier the
> panels
> "almost fit". If the consensus is that these are generally inferior I will
> need to go on a quest for NOS or get serious about repairs to my existing
> fenders, sills, et al.
Sills should not be a problem, as I believe they are as per TR6 and should be
from original or 'Heritage' tooling. TR4/4A fenders, though, have been a
problem for many years. I've heard stories in the past about rear fenders
being as much as 1/2" or more TOO LONG, for example.
Could be worse, though. You could have a Triumph 2000 Italia, for which there
NEVER were spare body panels. And it wouldn't have mattered all that much if
there had been, since the bodies were pretty much handbuilt. :-)
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
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