<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">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.<div>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.</div><div>Dave Connitt <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 7, 2019, at 4:39 PM, John Macartney <John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">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.<div><br></div><div>Jonmac<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Whenever I feel the need for exercise, experience has shown me it is better to lie down until the feeling goes away. WINSTON CHURCHILL</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 7 Oct 2019, at 21:19, j t <<a href="mailto:jat1127@hotmail.com">jat1127@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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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.........</div>
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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.</div>
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If one is going redo an older car I suggest this be considered.</div>
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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.</div>
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