[TR] TR3 sidescreen frames adjustment

[Lawarence Schwartz]

Had mine refurbished at TRF and as mentioned in the thread already , ain’t cheap. Finally results- beautiful workmanship. Larry Schwartz 

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> On Dec 6, 2018, at 12:40 PM, Andrew Uprichard <auprichard at uprichard.net> wrote:
> 
> If the screen is wide at the top, then the arms should be gently bent in,
> that is, bent towards the door if they were on the car.  It is possible to
> do this with a completed sidescreen if you have a way to stabilize the frame
> of the screen and use, for example, a wide bore pipe on the arms.  Don't try
> to do it all at once - go step by step.  But it is a good lesson to have the
> screens fitted before having them covered and ideally before the car is
> painted.
> 
> Some sidescreens have a strap and a snap.  It was never meant to be tight,
> but if you have one and move the snap up, that also might bring the top of
> the screen in tighter.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of TERRY
> SMITH
> Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2018 10:00 AM
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] TR3 sidescreen frames adjustment
> 
> How exactly DO you adjust these?  My passenger side screen is wide at the
> top by about 2 inches.  Unfortunately the sidescreen was finished while I
> was in mid restoration, so I don't want to carve into the material to adjust
> the sticks.  I almost never put the top up anyway, but it would be nice to
> have it right.  Thoughts?
> 
> Terry
> 
>> On December 6, 2018 at 8:18 AM Andrew Uprichard <auprichard at uprichard.net>
> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Usable frames - $150:  usable sticks $100.  I have LOTS if anyone is
>> interested :-)
>> 
>> Rebuilding sidescreens involves buying windows, channels and approximately
> 2
>> yards of material - then you have to find someone who knows what they are
>> doing. Could be $500 or more, but (a) new ones range from $900 - $1200 on
>> Moss, and (b) restoring old ones has the advantage of making sure they fit
>> before rebuilding.  Trying to adjust new or refinished screens on the car
> in
>> an ordeal.
>> 
>> Andrew Uprichard
>> Jackson, Michigan
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Hoyt
>> Duff
>> Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2018 2:27 AM
>> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
>> Subject: [TR] TR3 sidescreen frames, hoodsticks value?
>> 
>> I have a stash of TR3 sidescreen frames, some OEM, some aftermarket,
>> that would need to be rebuilt to be usable. A new club member has a
>> very nice TR3B that he purchased sans sidescreens and hoodsticks. He's
>> local, so no shipping involved.
>> 
>> Ebay values vary widely. $200 to $250 for a pair usable frames (not
>> finished sidescreens). $120-$240 for the hoodsticks in good condition.
>> Any money received would be plowed back into a TR3 currently
>> undergoing restoration, so I don't want to give them away.
>> 
>> Of course, we will wind up negotiating a final value, but what does
>> the group think would be a reasonable value for these items?
>> 
>> And so he'll have an idea of what he needs to invest in the completed
>> project, what is the current cost to have the sidescreens rebuilt?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Hoyt
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