Flying Triumph TR3's...Chassis Swaps on The Triumph TR3 Projects

Elin picks up his newest Rusty Beauty, a 1957 Triumph TR3. We swap the chassis from my 1959 Triumph TR3A before loading the 57 in the trailer. Also on the plus side, the 1973 Triumph TR6 comes home for a visit.

[@robertmorales391]

Good work.. enjoy the TR6. Cheers Tush !

[@tjsand8814]

This man is so smart working on these cars- he’s my Triumph Hero. I work on my 57 almost daily and refer to his videos when I need insight. Thank you very much Mr. Chef .

[@cheftush]

Glad that you like them! Cheers, Tush

[@johnsharonwhitaker9242]

I can't believe the neighbours have not gathered with lawn chairs and drinks watching the circus in the driveway. Maybe they tried it once and got put to work. Anyway, thanks again Chef and crew - very encouraging for all of us amateurs out there.

[@cheftush]

I don’t even think I saw one curious neighbour on this day….some do cast a curious glance when they walk their dogs…

[@johnsharonwhitaker9242]

@@cheftush They could all be down at City Hall wondering if they have been rezoned to allow a breaker's yard.🙂

[@cheftush]

@@johnsharonwhitaker9242 or an auto body shop 😉

[@dennisohlman8791]

It's great to see guys who know what they're doing at work, go right at it, no fear. Both those chassis(es?) look pretty good, couldn't be northern cars could they ? Great to see the TR6 back home, a truly fine looking automobile.

[@cheftush]

Hi Dennis, well, the one that’s under my car ( the 59) was quite rusty when I first got it…the entire center section of the frame was rotted out. I spent a few weeks fixing this area and doing some extra reinforcements.

[@nicktomasi392]

Well thought out process. That one day transfer is phenomenal!! Great team work!!

[@peteredwards9147]

Great friendship

[@barry6274]

Nice exchange and great that they will hit the road again at some point. The 59 frame is in great shape as you worked on it back in the day. The 57 frame looked excellent as well. From my seat it didn'appear to need any MAJOR work.

[@ThePerformanceVideo]

I just noticed that you gave the date of this video as May 18th (I think you said) Assuming that you mean 2023, that means I'm all caught up!. I have been binge watching you and Elin since I stumbled across you guys while tracking down something online. I'm a life long Brit car guy having had a TR3A as my first car and then the usual list of TRs and MGs over my life time. So I guess I'm all caught up as today's date here in Gloucester, MA is May 20th, 2023. You guys are the best! Albert

[@cheftush]

You are indeed all caught up. This video was mostly taken yesterday, Friday the 19th of May and uploaded today on May 20th, 2023. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

Glad it looks like you’re going to be using your finished cars a bit more this year… hopefully the TR3 project will progress quickly being a simple car that looks to be mostly done as long as you don’t get too obsessive !

[@cheftush]

I think the most time will be spent at the front of the car trying to get the front apron and bonnet to fit correctly…quite a bit of body work to be done up there as well.

[@BruceBoschek]

Well, this is basically the second or third time I watched this action, but I still am not certain what I saw. That's okay as long as a couple of TR3s are getting saved. Thanks for the video.

[@cheftush]

Yes, in the end of it all, there will be 1 more 1957 Triumph TR3 and 1 more 1959 Triumph TR3A back on the road.

[@BruceBoschek]

@@cheftush Bravo!

[@mikeg5877]

For some reason I'm reminded of Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn. Tush has a fence to paint ;-)

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Neat swap.

[@indyme2]

Ok. Not mine but my time will come someday, I hope. Keep the videos coming!

[@cheftush]

You and I are going to trade one day…what year is your Nova? 😉

[@jimconklin8040]

Great job, I am glad you had some good help. I am the guy who said Elin needs to fix the rust, I don't believe you said to just cover it with fender flares, that is not your style, or his. You were joking I suppose,

[@cheftush]

lol. Of course I was joking 😉

[@michaelstoliker971]

What a strange feeling of Deja View.

[@starckmad1779]

All over again!

[@graemelliott3942]

All I can think when you’re playing the Polka music is musical chairs.

[@cheftush]

Hey, that is the finest mariachi music I could find 😉

[@skipgould1780]

Boy you guys have a lot of TRiumphs! 😀

[@philtucker1224]

And impressively, very few failures! 😊

[@robertcrowley6573]

Hi Chef. I have come to your site after watching Elin for so long. I join you as you prepare a body swap between 2 TR3s. Just for a bit of history, so that I understand, if both cars are restorable, why are you swapping bodies? Does it devalue them? Thanks

[@cheftush]

Hi Robert, I’m swapping bodies as I’d already put a significant amount of time restoring the chassis of the 59 although it may not look like it…the 57 body tub is in much better condition than the 59. So, I took the two best parts and put them together. It’s really just time saving for me as I think the metal work on the 59 would have taken me an additional 6 months to complete. As far as value…I don’t do what I do to make money….

[@RonLH]

I owned a '58 TR-3 from 1968 70 1970. It used to always give off a good "bang" when I went over a sharp bump until I was able to replace the missing rear bumperettes. Once I got those bolted on, the 'bang" was eliminated!

[@asicerik]

Like a well oiled machine Chef!

[@cheftush]

Had lots of practice 😉

[@janforward8784]

Hi Steve, I hope you post some of the race. Good luck.

[@wtbm123]

Cool

[@dgg9140]

And the prize for the most annoying fill in music on a youtube video goes too………Keep up the good work David.

[@cheftush]

Oh you don’t like Mariachi music 😉

[@MrMikeyspfx]

A lot of fun and two cool cars for restoration

[@craigwiest772]

Sweet. Great having friends to help and share a beer with. Always look forward to your videos.

[@cheftush]

Thanks Craig! Appreciate You watching and commenting.

[@ersikillian]

Why switch chassis?

[@cheftush]

@@ersikillian one chassis was already restored previously.

[@steveledger270]

Fun to watch - now Elin needs to start work on his 3 ASAP! We can watch dueling TR3 videos. Keep them coming guys - we love watching

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

No! Elin needs to keep crackalacking on his GT6 and the pair of them need to get it painted this summer !

[@jerryhouck2708]

Where is your old curmudgeon buddy Les? Haven't seen him in awhile.

[@cheftush]

Les! He’s been around, just haven’t captured him on camera lately. I’ll get him on one of these days…

[@robertharman4938]

@@cheftush Glad to see I am not the only one who caught this. It's been a few years since we have seen Les.

[@tomneeb5474]

Wow! Question….is TS44836LONow Elins? Or how does that work?

[@cheftush]

No, I still own your car and TS44836LO. I’m using everything of yours still ( except the body tub). Your body tub wouldn’t have had much original metal left in it as it needed new floors, new trunk floor, new inner sills and new outer sills. Elin is restoring the 57 with all the 57 body parts.

[@tomneeb5474]

Is the serial number plate still with Elgin?

[@cheftush]

@@tomneeb5474 nope. I have it

[@tomneeb5474]

@@cheftush ….I should have known better than to ask the pro!

[@ericgeisen7184]

You deserve a cool beer after this job 🎉

[@joeljeffcoat6241]

I’m confused. I thought you referred to the one with the clean body as the ‘57, but it has a wide grille.

[@cheftush]

The clean body did come with the small mouth apron.

[@DavesTR4A]

For some strange read I suddenly must have a margarita!😂 Good job! Dave