Hello Paul,
I'm relatively new to this site as compared to many others but I do wish you
luck with your restoration. As some have mentioned, covering your TR3A will
trap moisture and encourage rust, hopefully it won't be too bad. For about 2-3
years many years ago I parked my TR2 outside in Iowa but did not have it
covered beyond the convertible top and crappy side curtains from JC Whitney. I
then moved the car into the garage when my parents sold their second car and
moved it to Minnesota but again into a garage...plus two more moves but always
into another garage.
A year ago I took my car to a body and paint guy who still has it. I knew there
was some rust and bondo, but when he started digging into it, beyond the
typical rust areas behind both of the front wheels, the inner and outer sills
on both sides were nothing but rot along with some other areas along the bottom
edge. Some of this rust was probably because the car lived at least some (I
don't know much about the history of the car beyond that it came out of
Illinois) of it's 19 years of life in Iowa and Illinois, but I'm thinking the
few years sitting outside didn't do it any good either.
So, long story short, I would suggest taking a hard look at the inner sills on
both side of the car. If these are full of rot you're in for a major project to
replace them. Good luck and hopefully the inner sills are in good shape!
Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Marr" <mmarr at albiontechnical.com>
To: "Paul Dorsey" <dorpaul1 at gmail.com>, triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 2:10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Does people remember me?- Paul Dorsey, '60 TR3A
Welcome back, Paul, and good luck. I always enjoyed reading your reports on the
progress on your car
Mike
From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Paul Dorsey
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2018 7:52 AM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Does people remember me?- Paul Dorsey, '60 TR3A
I cast a net on the Triumph site asking if others remembered me. Thanks to the
guppies that answered!
I am gussying up my sore frame to try and restore my TR3A, 1960. My ignorance
in those days stays with me and sometime my posts stirred up hornets nests.
All I can say to myself is, Welcome back, Paul! Thank you.
I've kept my non running TR3 in the back yard, under tarp till now. Somebody
told me last week that with these humid Georgia summers that that was the worst
thing for a car. I thought to myself, now why didn't somebody from the list
tell me that back in the '90's?
I guess it's time to put up or shut up. I guess it's time to finish restoring
it. Let me go and untarp it, wish me luck
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