triumph TR3 -52 Years of Grime

Last evening I ventured out into the garage and started cleaning up suspension parts. Lots of grease, grime and caked on dirt challenged me on the "clean up" of most of the components. The task was fairly routine and in a strange way meditative as I made my through the layers of crud to get me to a point where I can actually see most of the surface in order to prep for a new coat of Chassis Black paint. I pulled apart the upper wishbones-doing so I made an interesting discovery that the wishbones are "boxed" in on the underside vrs being open (on the '59). The '57 had an ice racing history so I can assume somewhere along the road a determination was made to reinforce the wishbones. I also noticed the springs off the '57 are about 1/2 inch shorter in height and appear to be more heavy duty than the '59. I am following up with Drake Motors to try and determine which springs I should be using? The '57 springs would lower the car 1/2". They are also in better shape (far less rust) so I am leaning towards utilizing them.

I am still sorting out my parts order for the front end components I need to bolt the front suspension back together. Hopefully all of this will be finalized by tomorrow...