Personally, a day of work is well worth it considering the original is over 50 yeArs old...... Just saying!<br><br>On Wednesday, January 6, 2016, Joe Curry <<a href="mailto:spitlist@cox.net">spitlist@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">After reading your post, I find myself
wondering why you could not fabricate some out of sheet aluminum.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> Triumphs
[mailto:<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net');" target="_blank">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On
Behalf Of </span></b>Andrew Uprichard<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 06, 2016
4:25 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','triumphs@autox.team.net');" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [TR] TR3 stone guards</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I
don’t know about others, but my experience with the aftermarket TR3 stone
guards (especially the large ones which fit over the rear fenders) has been
very disappointing. Badly made and frustratingly hard to fit. So
when I started the latest restoration on a CA car with minimal rust (lots of
other problems, but rust wasn’t one of them !) I decided I would try to
salvage the stone guards. They were heavily pitted and dented and I
thought I was wasting my time, but I started off hammering out the dents and
then I used a grinder to level all the pits and scratches. I followed
with 80 grit, then 150, 320 and 600. Then aluminum polish and finally a
good waxing. I have to say, the end result was really good – and
they fit !<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Having
said that, I guess I spent most of a day on the 2 large guards, so this
approach would make little sense for a restoration shop or someone charging by
the hour. But for someone like me with time on my side, I saved $100 not
buying new and I now have guards which will fit.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I
learned a lot from an older guy in a restoration shop who routinely threw out
the old and replaced with new. Maybe there was a day when
“new” really was better, but the more of these cars I do (and I am
now on number 13) the more I try to keep whatever I can and only replace where
absolutely necessary.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Just
my 2 cents……..<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Andrew
Uprichard<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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