[TR] TR6 body gap at driver's door

[G.D. Huggins]

On my TR4A, I ended up adding some shims under the rear mount to help close
the gap.
I worked great!

However, please don't trouble yourself for perfection.  Triumph sure as hell
didn't.


On Jun 20, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Bob Danielson wrote:

> 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)
>
>
> triumphs at autox.team.net
>
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/75tr6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org
>
> triumphs at autox.team.net
>
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/guy@genfiniti.com