[TR] TR6 paint

[John Macartney]

If it helps you John, very few TRs of any type up to the end of the 6 ever left the factory with consistent panel gaps! If any did ever escape in such a condition, it was purely accidental.

Jonmac

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> On 7 Oct 2019, at 21:19, j t <jat1127 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Listers,
> 
>  I recently did a bare metal refinish on my TR8 coupe. I had NOT intended to do so........started out as a touch up and then.........
> 
>  My pal has a water blasting system that mixes in a media. We used coal dust...aka Black Beauty. It completely stripped the car in a short two hours with NO panel warpage. Then it took 5 hours the next day with two orbital grinders using 220 grid to cut down the roughage caused by the BB.  In twelve hours we had a very good result. Cost $100 a bag of BB x 3 bags.
> 
>  If one is going redo an older car I suggest this be considered.
> 
>  As for a TR frame I would get the shell off it and be sure it measures  correctly. Then I would add various bracing. Then fit the body.
> 
>  Yes, getting the gaps is an art ! 
> 
> CHEERS
> John Taylor
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