[TR] Mounting a Body Tub to a TR4A Frame

Dave Connitt dconnitt at fuse.net
Sun Jul 12 19:35:35 MDT 2009


Jerry,
I am in the same position. There is a guy I met from my triumph website that
I will email. He and his wife were just here in town for a British car show.
He has a TR4a IRS that he rebuilt from the ground up. I will email him and
get back to you.
Dave Connitt

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Jerry Van Vlack
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:22 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Mounting a Body Tub to a TR4A Frame


List,

I am replacing the old rusty body tub with a rebuilt tub from a great donor
car. The new tub required the left floor to be replaced and the from and
rear
valences replaced. The welding was done with the body tub on one of the TR6
shipping mandrels that were furnished with new bodies sold by TRF and
others.
These are the same mandrels that were used to build the new TR 6 bodies.

The doors from the newly rebuilt tub were not removed so I have a good
reference to start with as far as door gaps etc are concerned.

I'd like to know from someone who's done this the correct procedure for
placing shims and mounting pads to secure the tub to the frame so as to
maintain panel alignment etc.
Do I mount the fenders, hood and trunk lid before securing the body leaving
it
in it's static position and then shim the gaps? Do I start with the floor
mounts and work to the front and back?

I don't have any shims placed now, and the tub is just sitting on the frame.

I'd appreciate some guidance fro someone who's done this successfully.

Thanks,
JVV
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