Triumph TR3 - The Body Comes Off -Nearly

Four hours in the garage today. Everything that needs disconnecting-has been disconnected and I was able to lift the body 6 inches off the frame (all round-front and back) so nothing is binding or still attached. There were a few mechanical challenges along the way and a couple of broken off bolts but everything came apart in a pretty straight forward way. It was probably 4 hours well spent.

With the body slightly hoisted I can see how "rough" the frame looks which further reinforces my resolve to continue with the overall disassembly and get the powder coated frame reassembled and slid under the body. I am so glad the 1957 frame is shiny black and straight-the "restored" condition saves me hours and hours of clean up work. I have been transferring bolts and brackets etc that I remove from the old frame to the new one so I can easily find them when I go to reassemble the chassis.

The mechanical work I have been doing over the past week has been very satisfying although I went through more than a few moments of "mental" hesitation about further disassembly but my resolve held and I stayed on track. What is done is done and there is no going back!!!

It is going to be so much easier to do the rest of the work with the body removed-one good car out of two!!!