Just one thing about the Practical Classics book. It's pounds, not
dollars - i.e. the restoration cost about $50,000. Gulp.
Adam Turner
'74 TR6 being rebuilt
Calling bank manager in the morning
Sandy Levine wrote:
> >where can I get a good book on TR6 restoration. More like the body
> rather
> >then the rest.
>
> I bought this softcover book from "Practical Classics & Car Restorer"
>
> magazine titled Triumph TR6 Restoration, 98 pages.
>
> They take this totally rusted out bucket of bolts and turn it into a
> real
> car. Of course for them, money was no object - the total for parts was
>
> roughly $17,000 and labor was around $30,000. So their exercise was
> not
> practical but they wanted to show every possible repair. After cutting
> out
> the rust, I think the only pieces they had left where the front inner
> wheel
> wells, firewall and rear wheel wells.
>
> Lots and lots of pictures - bodywork and mechanicals.
>
> I ordered it direct from the UK but the book is distributed in North
> America by Motorbooks International, Osceloa WI 54020
>
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