1974 Triumph TR6 Restoration Project - Part 15 - Rear wheel well repair

The B-post is almost completed now. It just needs the rear cover. The wheel well got rebuilt as well along with some parts of the shelf inside the car. And at the end another worms nest got open. I was prepared for the picture though :)

[@angelonicassio7131]

What a nightmare! It’s hard enough without removing horrible repairs! Great video:).

[@cheftush]

It really is amazing how many similarities there are on your car and my 250. It’s almost like the same people “repaired” it....

[@mrblowhard2u]

That was exactly what I was thinking.

[@richardwhatton1249]

Excellent unpicking and it is amazing how people just covered rusty metal rather than just removing it. Kind regards, Richard.

[@49dodgeguy]

The right tools in the right hands makes the job look easy,,,,,,

[@Zincaloom]

A rusty shell of a body would have been easier to rebuild. It must be a real challenge to peel back a history of bad metal work and then repair. Nice job.

[@dennisohlman8791]

Ditto with my 4A, familiar territory for sure.

[@colmone5592]

I used to dread finding previous brazed repairs. You just can't weld anywhere near them. That means they have to be removed, even though they can be a strong repair.

[@lenscap8925]

They saved you the trouble of making a STIFFENER panel!

[@jafxdwg]

Watching you de-construct the brazed repairs, I couldn't help but think you were the son given the job of opening the sardine cans. Just sayin' I've seen that rotational technique before.

[@berndb.5097]

The two thumbs down are definitely the two guys who fixed the car before. They do not repair according to your method ...... That was an idiotic sheet metal work :-P Terrible how some repair a car.

[@rolliekelly6783]

From following your videos, it appears during the '70s Triumph-Standard policy was to make bodies from pre-rusted sheet. (;

[@brianbrowne206]

When you strip an old Triumph, or any other car, it is amazing how many holes are there. Yet lots of these are driving round like this prior to restoration. I wonder how much torsional rigidity is missing or structural strength.

[@brianbrowne206]

I restored a TR4a where the whole of the sill was a combination of filler and fibre glass.

[@cheftush]

Brian Browne I found a wooden 2x4 sill in one of mine believe it or not...

[@paulbarton7886]

My gt6 has been bodged in a similar way. I found 5 layers on one wheel arch.

[@robertthornhill4379]

elin hi sir you are a wizard to watch bob

[@liten48]

My tr5 had a join on the rear deck somewhere, the tr6 must be different

[@cheftush]

Should be a join on the TR6 the same as the TR5/250

[@liten48]

if i remember rightly i could see the join on mine, i cant see elins cars join, i must be going blind lol

[@seanfay2670]

It's a jigsaw puzzle

[@cheftush]

First!

[@joeserdynski1045]

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