Triumph TR3 - The Last of the Major Bodywork Done!

Yesterday I worked out the garage for a few hours. I did a bunch of grinding cleaning up the patch panels, then finished off the filler coating of the patch panels behind the doors and the right hand side wheel well followed by a skim coat of filler on the rear inner wheel well patch panels. Some 80 grit sanding followed. The car is now "buttoned up" repair panel wise. Today I am going to finish sanding the repaired sections and put a coat of primer on.

I have a bit of an allergy thing going on-probably a reaction to snow mould (not uncommon for me in the spring), which is making me feel quite congested. This made working on the car yesterday a bit challenging as I was finding contact with the filler fumes irritating and wearing the dust mask to be very confining breathing wise.

I have some additional filling to do once the body is removed from the frame. When the body is tipped on it's side I will have better access to the lower portions of the rear valance which I plan to finish off plus I have some smoothing out to do in a couple of other areas.

On Wednesday I was informed about the Moss Motors sale on tops, carpets and interior panels. I will need a top for the car when it is finished and given the good price (and strong exchange rate Cdn to US) I might order it sooner than later. Talking about parts, earlier in the week I sorted through the front end components for the powder coated chassis and realized that one of the trunions is slightly worn. I am looking at replacing it plus ordering a new rear pinion oil seal and speedi sleeve as the seal is leaking fairly badly. More $$$ to spend.

Hopefully my son and I will be removing the body from the frame this evening and moving it outside.