[TR] TR6 paint

[Dave Connitt]

I have to second Jon Mac’s comment about panel gaps. I think done if use kind of get wrapped around the axle regarding panel fit, etc.
Regarding paint, I painted my TR4A about 5 years ago now and just the primer, base and clear was just under $1,000.00. Oh, don’t forget the air supplied respirator, compressor and gun! Granted, I bought a lot of equipment that I could have sold “to the next guy” and I did but painting a car isn’t an inexpensive task regardless.
Dave Connitt 

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> On Oct 7, 2019, at 4:39 PM, John Macartney <John.Macartney at ukpips.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> 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
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