[TR] TR6 body gap at driver's door

[Bob Danielson]

Finding a TR6 with "perfect" panel gaps is almost impossible as the factory 
didn't exactly worry about perfection.  How big a gap are you talking about? 
A long time ago the gap test was............. if you can put your pinkie in 
the gap and not go past your knuckle you had a good fit! My "bad" door is 
3/8" at the top and 3/16" at the bottom........... and the car has won or 
placed in many people's choice events as well as being the cover car on 
Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car magazine. I'm sure there's folks in here who 
will think that my gap is excessive but the car is rust free and 
mechanically sound which is more important then door gaps. I'd never walk 
away from a car because of door gap unless........... the cause was a rusty 
frame  creating the sag.

Just my 2 cents....YMMV

Bob


Bob Danielson
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
1975 TR6 with:
Throttle Body Injection
Toyota 5 Speed
Nissan Diff & CVJs

-----Original Message----- 
From: Allan Reich
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 3:37 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] TR6 body gap at driver's door

I am looking for a TR6 and came across one with quite a gap at the rear
side of the driver door where it meets the back of the body. The door
closed OK, but it didn't look good.
The fellow said he had talked to a body shop and they said they could
detach the tub at the back and shim up the body to fix the gap.
Any thoughts on that?

Allan Reich
Triumph-less in Vancouver (sold my TR3A)


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