The TR7 Restoration has been a work in progress for over a decade now. This section is imported from an old blog I used to run back in the day, alongside the YouTube video uploads I’ve done by way of continuing the blog.
As mentioned in the last post, I wanted to get some better lighting in the garage. So I ordered some LED strip lighting. I picked that for two reasons: Firstly, because it comes in a long strip it should be good for getting rid of shadows and having a bit more diffused lighting in there. …
So, here we are again. After six years at the old house and very little TR7 progress, we moved the whole lot again, this time to Norfolk. We’ve actually been here since March, but with one thing and another (I’ve still been working my old job in the Midlands and have been staying up there …
Having now fitted the first wing, I’ve now turned my attention to the other side. First step was welding on the wing filler panel: Then, after a bit of time spent making sure the wing fitted properly (easier said than done – as mentioned before, the new wheelarch is a really bad fit so it’s …
So, I finally got the first wing welded on today. I spent a bit of time yesterday drilling holes for the spot welds, all ready to go for today. I got out this afternoon, ready for the final fitting. Firstly, though, a bit of a signature for any future restorers: Then a quick bit of …
After being busy with some other projects (mainly dealing with various problems with the other cars in the fleet), I got back on to the wing prep today. I started by putting the wing back on, this time with the bolts all in place. Everything lines up well, apart from a couple of issues: Firstly, …
After a bit of a hiatus(!), I’m now finding a bit of time to get back on with the work. The first thing to be done was to carry on with the offside wing and wheel arch. When I left it before, the only bits that still had the old underseal that needed removing were …
OK. I know. There’s been no posts from me now for over a year. How embarrassing. There has been a reason, though: I’ve moved house. It was a fairly spur of the moment thing that we decided on in March last year (although we’d been thinking about it for a while), and we actually made …
Now I’ve moved the work inside, I’ve started work on a couple of different bits. The first parts to get my attention were the headlamp lift motors and the wiper motor. The wiper motor is waiting on a couple of parts, but I’ve got one of the headlamp motor assemblies done now (I decided to …
As you might have noticed, I haven’t updated here for a little while. As tends to happen, other plans and projects mean that I just haven’t been able to get down to the car recently. As it’s now starting to get colder and the days are getting shorter, I’ve decided it’s time to pack up …
The body panels I ordered arrived today. I have now spent more on replacement body panels alone than I bought the car for in the first place! It’ll be worth it though. I tried a test fit of the wings, they seem to fit with no problems. I just wish I’d known that the top …