You are a wealth of helpful info! Thank you! I've been in the service end of cars for 45 years, line mechanic, but my passion is restoring cars. I've done a full frame off rotisserie restoration on a 1955 t bird. Made the rotisserie myself. I started working for The Great Britain's in 1975. Grew up with mgs triumphs and bug eye sprites etc. I've had a tr6 in storage for 15 years.now that I'm retired, I have the time and money to do what I want with it. Thank you for sharing your incredible wealth of knowledge! I have a small metal shop and a full cnc metal machine shop with my son, so I'm having the time of my life! Thank you !!
Would love to send you some pics of what I've done so far if that's possible. The dash I finished in a mahogany veneer. I custom made a new steering wheel hub, modifying the original to press into what I made for a new steering wheel fitment.
That is truly good information and you do have great patience. You conquer every problem on these cars because of your patience and ethics to get it right.
This process is in my future and I'm glad to have first seen this video. I answers a lot of questions that have been on my mind. I've seen all of your videos and they have all helped me in some way, thanks, keep up the good work.
You have dogged determination and patience Elin.. If anyone ever queried the cost of a top class restoration, they wont any longer. Time and skill doesn't come cheap.
The people who bought these cars new are all getting body work done too....New hip adjustments... new knee realignments, even getting rebuilt hearts installed ....all so they can get back in their TR6's and enjoy more hours on the road behind the wheel of one of these classic cars.....:-)) I miss mine, bought new in Seattle in 1972....
Elin, this is very helpful for me. You may have said it, but isn’t the front / back position of the fenders fixed by the metal on metal to the A post and B post (i think you mentioned the front, maybe I missed it when you talked about the rear). So the only way to adjust my door gaps are to move the door, like you did … please confirm. When should I start to insert shims? Looks like there is a hinge to door shim (which I assume would accomplish similar to what you did around 6:30, especially if you only put shim in top and bottom??) and there is a hinge to A post shim (which would move the door / hing in out). Anyway, just wondering when to revert to shims.
Weel, the engine and driving gear will be in, but I am not doing a full weight load. If a load affects your gaps, then there is something wrong with your frame. Cheftush's said that he never got the gaps right to begin with, so I don't think anything shifted, it was just that he didn't know I was gonna show up and start picking at his work LOL
@@johnmoruzzi7236 The problem was that when I was fitting the panels before, I never fastened them with all fasteners. The bonnet was always just set in place, but never with hinges. So it always fit, but now with the hinges things changed. That thought me a lesson for the next project :)
I think the factory Karmann made this cars in handwork, like the british cars at this time. So every car is different to an other car auf Triumph TR 6.
You are a wealth of helpful info! Thank you! I've been in the service end of cars for 45 years, line mechanic, but my passion is restoring cars. I've done a full frame off rotisserie restoration on a 1955 t bird. Made the rotisserie myself. I started working for The Great Britain's in 1975. Grew up with mgs triumphs and bug eye sprites etc. I've had a tr6 in storage for 15 years.now that I'm retired, I have the time and money to do what I want with it. Thank you for sharing your incredible wealth of knowledge! I have a small metal shop and a full cnc metal machine shop with my son, so I'm having the time of my life! Thank you !!
Would love to send you some pics of what I've done so far if that's possible. The dash I finished in a mahogany veneer. I custom made a new steering wheel hub, modifying the original to press into what I made for a new steering wheel fitment.
That is truly good information and you do have great patience. You conquer every problem on these cars because of your patience and ethics to get it right.
This process is in my future and I'm glad to have first seen this video. I answers a lot of questions that have been on my mind. I've seen all of your videos and they have all helped me in some way, thanks, keep up the good work.
It always takes longer than you can possibly imagine, keep going Elin...! Kind regards, Richard.
I admire your patience best wishes from Perth West Australia
Wow 👏. So much work. Thanks for sharing with us.
You have dogged determination and patience Elin.. If anyone ever queried the cost of a top class restoration, they wont any longer. Time and skill doesn't come cheap.
The people who bought these cars new are all getting body work done too....New hip adjustments... new knee realignments, even getting rebuilt hearts installed ....all so they can get back in their TR6's and enjoy more hours on the road behind the wheel of one of these classic cars.....:-)) I miss mine, bought new in Seattle in 1972....
Hi Elin, from Perth, Western Australia
Elin, this is very helpful for me. You may have said it, but isn’t the front / back position of the fenders fixed by the metal on metal to the A post and B post (i think you mentioned the front, maybe I missed it when you talked about the rear). So the only way to adjust my door gaps are to move the door, like you did … please confirm. When should I start to insert shims? Looks like there is a hinge to door shim (which I assume would accomplish similar to what you did around 6:30, especially if you only put shim in top and bottom??) and there is a hinge to A post shim (which would move the door / hing in out). Anyway, just wondering when to revert to shims.
Will final gaps be adjusted with body on chassis with wheels, motor, full weight load ?
Seems Chef Tush's last video shows this. 😃
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Cheers !
Yes it seems things do change, on this car everything fitted before the body got moved off and back on.
Weel, the engine and driving gear will be in, but I am not doing a full weight load. If a load affects your gaps, then there is something wrong with your frame. Cheftush's said that he never got the gaps right to begin with, so I don't think anything shifted, it was just that he didn't know I was gonna show up and start picking at his work LOL
@@johnmoruzzi7236 The problem was that when I was fitting the panels before, I never fastened them with all fasteners. The bonnet was always just set in place, but never with hinges. So it always fit, but now with the hinges things changed. That thought me a lesson for the next project :)
@@RustyBeauties That’s correct...my gaps were not good from the start. I decided to live with it but as I’m getting older, I’m getting more picky 😉
I think the factory Karmann made this cars in handwork, like the british cars at this time. So every car is different to an other car auf Triumph TR 6.
Hi Elin, is this one a customer car?
Hi Phil, no, it was bought as a common project between me and my boss.
Need beaucoup patience or this job!
You are my TR6 Hero Elin! - I actually subscribed! - which I never do... Can you sell me a TR6 I can trust with fresh bushings?!