Good Afternoon from a Warm and Sunny Northern California:
This is the first time I am posting a question to this group, so let me tell
you about my car. It is a 1976 TR6 (CF51074U) with about 77,000 miles. Bought
it while stationed in Montgomery, AL. French Blue, with overdrive, factory
steel hardtop, and A/C. It is my understanding that the A/C unit was a dealer
installed option on TR6s sold in the South.
Anyway, on to my question. Although the car is in really good shape, no rust,
want to do a ground up restoration on it; essentially a frame-off type of
rebuild. Desire is to bring it back to a 100 point show car.
I have some skills as a mechanic, but to be honest have never attempted to
remove a body from a car before. Have bought a number of TR6 restoration
books, but am somewhat perplexed on exactly where to start in my attempts to
remove the body. I know that I have to remove doors, then brace with some type
of metal between each side of door posts. I know that I have to remove the
bolts that hold the body to the frame, but that is about the extent of what I
know.
Have done some research on the subject on various web sites, but still have not
found, for lack of a better term, a checklist type of approach to getting this
deed done.
Can anybody point me or provide to a prep checklist, that will help me get the
body off of the frame on my TR6?
Thanks,
Bob Deutsche
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