Triumph

More digging about

Today I started digging a bit deeper into my TR6 to start developing my restoration plan. I am by no means going for ‘Concours’, this is a pure ‘Funcours’ job which for me means making it look nice, be structurally solid and fun to play with. I am not planning on removing the body from the frame but the diff mount and floorboards that I mention below make me wonder if I can make reasonable repairs with the body on.

First up was diagnosing that passenger side rear-clunk. Mike’s recent experiences gave me hope that it was just a U-Joint. No such luck! Every bushing on the diff mount is worn out (the front passenger side top bushing has a 1/8th gap!) and when I had my wife help me with the ’spin test’ the differential looked like it was going to bounce off the car. Holding the top of the pin while she spun the wheel confirmed, that pin mount on top is cracked :(

Question: How hard is this to fix with ‘body on’? Can an experienced TR6 builder handle the fix and box upgrade without to much trouble? Seems like a nightmare…

Next up was determining how much rust was on my floors. Turns out, a lot more then I thought :( The drivers side has 5 or 6 pinholes and is really pitted.

Question: At one point do most folks decide that a floorboard should be replaced vs. repaired?