[TR] Does people remember me?- Paul Dorsey, '60 TR3A

[gandcanderson at comcast.net]

Hello Paul, 

I'm relatively new to this site as compared to many others but I do wish you luck with your restoration. As some have mentioned, covering your TR3A will trap moisture and encourage rust, hopefully it won't be too bad. For about 2-3 years many years ago I parked my TR2 outside in Iowa but did not have it covered beyond the convertible top and crappy side curtains from JC Whitney. I then moved the car into the garage when my parents sold their second car and moved it to Minnesota but again into a garage...plus two more moves but always into another garage. 

A year ago I took my car to a body and paint guy who still has it. I knew there was some rust and bondo, but when he started digging into it, beyond the typical rust areas behind both of the front wheels, the inner and outer sills on both sides were nothing but rot along with some other areas along the bottom edge. Some of this rust was probably because the car lived at least some (I don't know much about the history of the car beyond that it came out of Illinois) of it's 19 years of life in Iowa and Illinois, but I'm thinking the few years sitting outside didn't do it any good either. 

So, long story short, I would suggest taking a hard look at the inner sills on both side of the car. If these are full of rot you're in for a major project to replace them. Good luck and hopefully the inner sills are in good shape! 

Glenn 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Michael Marr" <mmarr at albiontechnical.com> 
To: "Paul Dorsey" <dorpaul1 at gmail.com>, triumphs at autox.team.net 
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 2:10:43 PM 
Subject: Re: [TR] Does people remember me?- Paul Dorsey, '60 TR3A 



Welcome back, Paul, and good luck. I always enjoyed reading your reports on the progress on your car 



Mike 



From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Paul Dorsey 
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2018 7:52 AM 
To: triumphs at autox.team.net 
Subject: [TR] Does people remember me?- Paul Dorsey, '60 TR3A 




I cast a net on the Triumph site asking if others remembered me. Thanks to the guppies that answered! 





I am gussying up my sore frame to try and restore my TR3A, 1960. My ignorance in those days stays with me and sometime my posts stirred up hornets nests. 


All I can say to myself is, Welcome back, Paul! Thank you. 





I've kept my non running TR3 in the back yard, under tarp till now. Somebody told me last week that with these humid Georgia summers that that was the worst thing for a car. I thought to myself, now why didn't somebody from the list tell me that back in the '90's? 





I guess it's time to put up or shut up. I guess it's time to finish restoring it. Let me go and untarp it, wish me luck 


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