Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Triumph TR3- Final Scuffing and Metal Prep Work/Brakes

About an hour and a half was spent in the garage yesterday. I finished the final "scuffing" of the POR15 finish in prep for the primer coat plus did some metal prep application on the "bare" metal of the floor pans. I also trimmed up one of the homemade rubber pads on the body mounting brackets. It overlapped the metal portion by about an inch and a half which looked sloppy. There was also a considerable amount of glue spread (in the area) on the floor pan which I determined to clean up. The area looks much more tidy now....I estimate there is about another hours worth of work left to apply Metal Prep all over the surface in preparation for application of the primer coat which I plan to undertake on Saturday...

I also did a preliminary clean up of the driveshaft tunnel which had a build up of oil and dirt. Initially I was not going to refinish the interior of the tunnel-as of this morning I am not sure where I sit in respect to proceeding to do so......more contemplation is needed...the activity is not currently on my critical path list...

Last night I decided to go onto the VTR (Vintage Triumph Register) website and pull up the Toyota 4 piston caliper conversion and read the "fine print" with respect to the installation procedure and the component parts needed. Interestingly when I read the article over a year ago I missed that I would need TR-6 caliper mounting brackets and TR-6 rotors to complete the conversion. I have all the other pieces pre-purchased but it looks like more money will need to be spent!!! Luckily I located a mounting bracket picture comparing the TR3 to TR6 brackets to send to my parts distributor to get a quote on price and delivery. I would anticipate "used" TR-6 brackets will be available... internet time well spent in my determination....

I also watched about an hour of the Barrett Jackson car auction from Scottsdale Arizona. I actually got bored and turned it off. I guess I was just not in the mood to watch high dollar auctioneering.....


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