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RE: [FOT] TR6 frame stiffening

To: awashatko@wi.rr.com
Subject: RE: [FOT] TR6 frame stiffening
From: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:48:38 -0400
Great question!

My own frame stiffening included re-welding with continuous bead every join 
in the chassis.
Plus a 6-point cage welded to the chassis.  The 6-point cage is mandatory by 
most
santioning bodies these days anyway.  The cage has additional bracing as 
well.

I would have liked to have gone for the forward bars, but I still wanted 
scuttle shake and all
those rattles that make our cars so appealing.  ;)

I am not sure about Warner's car, but I have heard that the first Group 44 
TR6 (that was
actually a rebodied TR250) had round tubing welded to the INSIDE of the main 
chassis
box rails, but that may be vicious rumor.

It did make me ponder for a while about cutting open the box rails and 
welding in a
honeycomb structure, then closing the box rails for a completely hidden, 
stealth structure.
However it would weigh a ton, take forever and I would like to drive my car 
before I'm dead!

Shane Ingate, getting stiffer with age, in Maryland (no snide remarks, 
please)
"Anyone can restore a car.  It takes a real man to cut one up".



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