>I had my TR4 in storage for a while and had rescently started to get it
>ready
>for the road again. This past week I started to go over the body and
>noticed
>some bubbles behind the drivers side front wheel. I found out that I had
>now
>had a very severe rust spot the size of a coke can there. Basically the car
>was rust free. I checked around and found the lower portion of the drivers
>door also has some rust as well as the passanger side rocker (I'm assuming
>the
>portion of the fender along the bottom is called the rocker panel) behind
>the
>front wheel.
Hi Oliver,
This happens in almost every TR4 regardless of where it lives. Water and
crud build up between the fender and rocker and slowly work their way our.
You will find more rust when you get behind it. There are replacements for
most of the pieces, but do save as much of the original structure as you
can. You can do this type of work yourself, but if you're planning on
repainting I would put off the repairs until then. You may be able to find a
good body man who will let you do some of the grunt work yourself(I did). I
would discourage you from starting any work until you find him though, it
may cost you more in the long run if you make certain mistakes. One tip,
when you get down to bare metal and you're trying to tell the difference
between rust and good metal use a torch with a big flame. Hit the suspect
area quickly and what's rust will burn, what stays is good.
Cheers,
John Matthews
'61 Herald
'63 TR 4
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