Guy: Have you installed the floors, rocker panels and sills, before
removeing the body? If not , there is a probability that the body will
shift, even with crossbraces, making the job alignment very difficult.
Bob Roberts
BTDT
----- Original Message -----
From "Guy D. Huggins" <guy at genfiniti.com>
To: "TR Mailing List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 9:58 AM
Subject: Restoration update and question
> Greetings All,
>
> My TR4A is coming along just fine. I just about gotten to the point
> where I have everything, and I mean everything, removed
> from the body. Just this last weekend I removed the doors, after
> marking their previous position on the "A" post, and removed
> all of the innards. When I first looked at the exploded view of the
> door in the Bentley Manual I was quite intimidated. But once
> I got started, I found it was not all that bad.
>
> However, to get everything off of the body tub, panels and door skins I
> have to remove all of the little snaps, clips, etc. that are
> being held on by rivets. Does anyone out there have some experience or
> advice they could lend on the best way to remove these.
> I was thinking it would be as simple as drilling them out.
>
> As far as the restoration in concerned, I've got a man doing any body
> welding to the needed areas. Once he is done, the body tub
> will come off the chassis, which will then come home with me so that I
> can work on it day-to-day.
>
> As always, my project diary is on the web at
> http://www.genfiniti.com/triumph/
>
>
> Peace be with you!
>
> Guy D. Huggins
>
> "Life isn't about having, it's about being.."
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