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Restoration of a Triumph TR4
By: lynx wind Date: December 6, 2014, 9:22 am
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New toy! When i was 18 I bought this car for my college days.
Kept it 25 years and drove it all over the US. Most reliable
car I have ever owned and is so fun to drive. I sold it when
the kids were little and always regretted it for the past 7
years. Last weekend I found the same car in Ohio and trailer-ed
it home. Its my winter project to restore it completely frame
up.
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Re: Restoration of a Triumph TR4
By: sut Date: December 6, 2014, 4:19 pm
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Great winter project ! and summer and fall lol looks like it
is in pretty good shape, how are the floors and frame ? I
almost bought one back in Hschool but opted for Chevy 11
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Re: Restoration of a Triumph TR4
By: lynx wind Date: December 6, 2014, 4:40 pm
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The floors are good, some areas here and there need attention.
I am getting a restored chassis this weekend because the current
chassis has some serious issues. I got the engine running the
other day and slowly brought the electrics back to life one
circuit at a time. Evidently the car was stored for 15+ years.
The ignition was wired wrong and the points weren't set to open.
My guess is some guy's son tinkered with it and thought it was
broken.
After taking inventory, the car is being disassembled now.
Bodywork, paint, new upholstery, top.........
My goal is to be on the road in May/June.
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Re: Restoration of a Triumph TR4
By: sut Date: December 6, 2014, 8:00 pm
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Nice your old frame looks better than my mustang did, and at
least you have a frame to work on not like the mustang that's
uni body! what a pain everything has to be welded to something
else to make it strong . I am envious of your lift and big work
area! Mine is all jacks and stands to work under the car ! keep
us updated with loads of pictures .
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Re: Restoration of a Triumph TR4
By: lynx wind Date: December 23, 2014, 9:55 pm
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Well it's been a little over three weeks and I have the car torn
down and am getting the big body work done. Some parts have
been cleaned and restored. Next step is to get the body smooth,
lift off the chassis and epoxy prime. Then do some polyester
filler 3 coats of surfacer and then the long chore of blocking.
The final sand is with 600 grit before top coats. I will use a
hardened urethane by PPG. The final base coat is half clear and
then a final coat of clear on top. This paint then gets wet
sanded with 1200 the next day then polished. It will look like
a deep red pool.
Then back on the newly prepped chassis as was done in the
factory.
This car was delivered from the factory back in 1963 with wire
wheels, signal red paint, black leather with white piping.
Below is a progress picture and a couple of pictures of what it
will look like in May.
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Re: Restoration of a Triumph TR4
By: sut Date: December 27, 2014, 9:32 am
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aarg!! blocking what I found that when blocking I used a dark
primer to just mist over the body filler then when sanding if
you could see the darker primer that was a low spot . From the
looks of it (above ) when finished your daughter will be driving
it (or wishing she was )
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Re: Restoration of a Triumph TR4
By: lynx wind Date: December 27, 2014, 1:43 pm
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It's just like mine, except mine had a wood dash which used to
be the coolest, now the white dash original TR4s are rare. I
sold mine to a guy in Michigan and it was totally restored. At
least when you restore a car you know it very well.
Today I blocked the major body work. 36/60/80 grit right now.
When you hit metal you stop, everything else is low. Or you can
bump the high spots with a pick.
Next is the polyester putty and block again with 150. Then
epoxy prime , and three coats of primer filler. Then fill and
block sand again with 150 then 220, then wet sand with 400.
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Re: Restoration of a Triumph TR4
By: lynx wind Date: December 30, 2014, 9:45 pm
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Here is a website showing my monthly progress. Hopefully the
body will come off this week and I can start moving the power
train, fuel and brake lines to the new chassis. The body is
just about ready for epoxy primer.
HTML http://triumphtr4reborn.weebly.com/
HTML http://triumphtr4reborn.weebly.com/
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