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To: "'Tr3bob@aol.com'" <Tr3bob@aol.com>
Subject: FW: Fitting TR3A panels
From: "Musson, Carl" <musson@satie.arts.usf.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 09:25:14 -0400 charset="ISO-8859-1"
Cc: "'TR-List'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Bob - DON'T cut & weld;  DPO did that on a car a friend has.   It worked and
looked ok until my friend went to do some refurbishment.  Trim panels didn't
line up; top & tonneau don't fit right; right rear still and the door
doesn't close.  From what we can figure out, there was about 1/2" to 3/4"
added at the top (elbow) rail just behind the Bpost.   Also, the cut/weld
started to rust.  Evidently it wasn't sealed & primed correctly on the
backside of the dogleg.    He is now in the process of re-constructing that
whole section.  NOT a happy camper...  

Carl


-----Original Message-----
From:   George Richardson [mailto:gprtech@frontiernet.net]
<mailto:[mailto:gprtech@frontiernet.net]> 
Sent:   Tuesday, April 06, 1999 4:33 AM
To:     Tr3bob@aol.com <mailto:Tr3bob@aol.com> 
Cc:     triumphs@autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net> 
Subject:        Re: Fitting TR3A panels


Saws-all? No, I use an air powered cutoff wheel. But I I had to, I would.
Try the spacer trick first though. It takes a bit of time to figure out the
right combination, and you need to tighten the bolts down, but you can do a
surprising amount of adjusting this way.
Tr3bob@aol.com <mailto:Tr3bob@aol.com>  wrote:
        > Would you take a Saws-all to the A-post if you were me,
George?.....I'm
        > thinking that it might be the only way I get this done.
        > Bob

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George Richardson
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