Triumph TR3 -Back At It

It is hard to believe it has been a month since I worked on the Triumph? I was gone on vacation for 10 days and also spent a fair amount of time gardening after I returned (our garden had become very overgrown-requiring a lot of attention to say the least). In addition the neighbors are doing a major landscaping project and had extra loam sitting around so I harvested many wheel barrows full which got me extending flower beds and fixing my lawn. All good productive work but no wrench turning going on. Then there was weather impacts. Having the next item as painting collided with unseasonable cold and wet weather which was not conducive to applying paint. When I had time available to work on the car the weather did not cooperate hence no progress was made. I can see why Kijjiji has lots of unfinished project cars for sale!!!-it is all about keeping the dream alive and the managing the priorities so progress is made-not easy...

On Friday I got one tires remounted on the straightened rim and got the spare tire mounted on the newly powder coated rim. Yesterday (a beautiful warm sunny day) I spent 4 hours painting suspension components and brake backing plates. Lots of glossy black paint applied. I ran out of Eastwood Chassis Black paint when I was about 80% finished painting which means I have to get another can from a distributor next week in order to apply the final coat. Another critical path impact. Today I plan to paint the rear axle with Tremclad gloss black enamel.