[TR] Too much crack?

[auprichard at comcast.net]

Whem a TR3 gets hit in front the forces are transmitted back in a splaying-like manner, pushing the inner and out fenders up and out- hence the situation you describe.  (By the way, I am assuming everything back from the front fenders are OK - door gaps and the like).

I have just finished the front of my TR3 which was exactly as you describe:  attempts at pulling the fenders in by tightening the apron succeeded only in pulling out the lips of the apron and fenders themselves.

I think you have two choices - dictated largely by aesthetics and what you can live with.  If you have the time, patience and wherewithall, I'd suggest you remove the outer fenders and work with the inner fenders to pull them in and down.  Hope this helps (I have lots of photos if you're interested)

Andrew Uprichard
On a business trip to Israel - yet to see a TR

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Paul Dorsey" <dorpaul at negia.net> 

> I needed humbling. When I tentatively laid my TR3A's bonnet ontop of it's 
> compartment, I saw huge side cracks between the bonnet and outer fenders! On 
> the front of one of the front fenders in the area where the front bumper, it 
> lacks 5/8", (surely this is too much?) I haven't attached the TR3A apron yet- 
> (would the apron reduce these gaps about 1/2" on each side?) Is this 
> tolerable or should I remove the fenders again? 
> 
> One finicky place on both side's is where the scuttle's guttering meets 
> the outer fender's top trough. In both cases, I was successful in getting the 
> fender's trough on the inside and closest to the middle of the engine 
> compartment. 
> One front fender is also 1/4" or so too high. Tolerable for a daily 
> driver never wrecked or disassembeled before? 
> 
> Thanks, Paul Dorsey 60 TR3A 
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