Ct54531 wrote:
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> Listers:
>
> I came onto the list last July announcing I was ready to get back to the
> restoration of a 65 live axle TR4A I've owned since about 1981. I was then -
> and am now - at the point where I am about to take the body off the frame. I
> got a couple of excellent replies then ( very belated thanks to Don J. Howard
> and Ben/Pam Zwissler) but circumstances and a long list of
> repairs/improvements to the homestead put everything on hold till now. The 65
> and the 64 parts car (with excellent body parts) are side by side in a cleaned
> garage and ready to go. I am going to replace the entire outer body and inner
> tub and would appreciate any advice in that regard. Right now, my question is
> again the manner of removal. Last July the Zwisslers mentioned that Bentley
> showed all the bolts and how to pull the body off the frame. My only resource
> book at the moment is the Autobook Owners Workshop Manual by Kenneth Ball
> which I think is actually pretty good. I have Haynes manuals for other cars
> but I am told that the Haynes is out of print and unavailable. Is the same
> true for the Bentley? If so - or not - can anyone get me the part on the bolts
> and how to remove the body. I'm raring to go on this finally and am anxious to
> hear from the list.
>
> JMac
The Bentley is available... and it is a copy of the original factory
manual combined with the glove box manual and the competition
department's little pamphlet. It will have the pictures you need to
lift the body... (though... if you remove enough stuff... you could
lift it off, by hand, with the help of a few neighbors... :)
Robert Bentley Publishers:
http://www.rb.com/catalog/triuwm.htm#top
http://www.rb.com/
--Justin
http://www.greenheart.com/jmwagner
One TR 4A on the road, the other in storage/boxes since 11/'83...for
future restoration.
Los Angeles
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