Triumph TR3 - Body Work-Ah Yes!!!

Over the past few days I have completed the patch repair (lower sill area between the doors and rear fenders), repaired the right hand front inner fender area (attached the flange etc I fabricated earlier in the winter) and completed the final attachment of the trunk floor repair panel which means I am getting very close to finishing up the "major" panel massaging on the car. Today I plan to do more skim coatings of filler and then prime the exposed metal and filler and move the car out into the driveway. If all goes as planned I will be right on schedule as per my revised project critical path.

As I stated in earlier blog entries the bodywork journey (which is not over by any means) has taken much longer than I anticipated ( a strong lesson for my consideration next time I contemplate purchasing a project car requiring extensive bodywork-I doubt if I will go down that road again) but I believe I have achieved a major milestone in my schedule which is boosting my enthusiasm for the project.

With the tub stripped down once again and all the body panels (including the removed engine) scattered around the garage, getting around is still a challenge so I am very much looking forward to the car being moved out so I will have room to roam about. This "freedom" will be short lived however once I start reconstructing the chassis.

I received confirmation my parts were shipped yesterday so I should have those by mid week-a key component in the next phase of the project.