[Fot] TR3s and the Southwick conversion

[BillDentin at aol.com]

In a message dated 01/30/2011 8:18:08 PM Central Standard Time, 
TR3driver at ca.rr.com writes:


> My experience was that a TR4 axle under a TR3A led to problems with 
> fender
> clearance.  Even with reshaping the fenders and running the skinniest 
> tires
> I could find at the time, the tires rubbed hard enough to eventually 
> damage
> the sidewalls.  Made a noticeable improvement in cornering though, on an
> otherwise dead stock suspension.
> 
> The tires I'm running on my TR3 now rub the fenders a little even with a 
> TR3
> axle.
> 

I had similar issues with my early TR3, and solved it by having the fenders 
rolled out with a small baseball bat.  It's a simple process that we 
probably could have done ourselves, but I chose to have it done by our body shop 
guy because I knew there would be some 'paint splitting' as the result.  
Worked slick, and I had some 'touch up' work done at the same time.

Bill Dentinger