[TR] Battery Tray/TR250

[Dave Connitt]

Gary,
Very good advice!
One other point to make is that if the condition of your TR-250 is as good 
as you say, that certainly has value too.  If you balance that against the 
cost of a ground up restoration, you will be money ahead and still have a 
pretty original car which 50 years later is saying something.
Speaking for myself, I would estimate I have easily over $20K in my TR4A IRS 
restoration so far and I still have to purchase and install a interior and 
top! (Hope my wife doesn't read this..)  And, I did pretty much everything 
myself. To qualify that though, my TR4A was pretty rough when I started on 
it, major sheetmetal replacement, wrong frame, etc. plus I am sitting at 14 
years plus right now..
The battery tray can be repaired/replaced but it is a major undertaking. I 
think TRF sells the metal piece but it has to be welded in place. You could 
probably create a "patch" from the replacement to repair your tray but with 
all the cutting and welding involved, you would have to remove the dash, 
heater, etc. to safely do that. But, in the whole scheme of things that is a 
winter project.
my .02,
Dave Connitt
'67 TR4A IRS
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