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.
Work towards getting the rear end done (until stripping and prepping for the respray) is now well under way. I finished the last of the filling this evening (the seatbelt mount point where I had to weld in a patch – I wish I’d remembered to do that before I put the rear deck back […]
As mentioned in my last entry, I needed to fill the gaps between the rear wings and the deck. I’d decided that the best way of doing this was lead soldering (or body soldering, or lead loading – whatever you want to call it), so the kit was duly ordered and delivered from Frost. I
Blimey – seven months to the day since my last blog entry! I’d like to say I haven’t been idle since then, but unfortunately as far as the TR7 is concerned, I have. The dark nights and cold weather restrict my ability to do much work at the garage, and frankly I’d prefer not to
Work has continued with the rear deck repairs, I’ve now welded on some fresh metal to replace the rusty stuff I ground out the other day. I’ll be taking the rear deck back to the garage at the weekend for a test fit, to see what needs tidying up and fettling, then it just remains
I’ve spent a bit of time recently painting a few suspension parts and various brackets, as well as the bumper. First up, cleaning and prepping: Then the first coat, POR 15 again: As you can see, I had to get a bit creative with hanging this stuff up to dry. Even after a couple of
After a couple of months looking around, I finally found a good, cheap bonnet. The one on the car is fine, but it’s the single bulge type, I need the later double bulge type to fit the engine in. It was delivered yesterday, very well packaged: Opening it up, it’s all in good condition, although
I ended up taking the rear deck (rear windscreen base) off on Sunday. It started with an idle scratch around at a couple of rust bubbles on the seams with the rear wings – I was hoping it was just surface rust, but it turned out to be a bit worse than that: So, combined
I’ve been working on the rear lights – a nice little job to do at home. I started off rubbing down the metal part and spraying with silver paint: This has made a difference, although not a huge one: Just for the hell of it, I also painted the rears – I was never too
Now the underside is done, I’ve started work on the other parts – first up was the bumper, which is a bit rusty, but solid enough. The bumper cover is cracked from some long ago accident, so that’s scrap: And the mountings are rusted and siezed, so they’ll all need replacing: The actual bumper mounting
After waiting a few days for the paint to dry, I went down and did a bit of patching on the bits that got missed the first time round – although the finish is a little rough, it looks OK. Final pictures: Apart from the small areas where the axle stands are at the moment,