Crash

[tomsbad6]

Yes I have a lot of work to do six days until new dragstrip opens I have to settle with insurance company buying parts cut weld band paint six day should be plenty of time LOL. Or maybe go to the dragstrip no hood no bumper no fenders no front valance this thing auto really launch minus a couple hundred pounds photos



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ttachment 12615 crash008.JPG] every cloud has a silver lining this little accident was proof the hood you are looking at took over 400 hours of work and it did not even get scratched the frame is still perfect it should drive just fine  signed never drive in flip-flops

[74ls1tr6]

Oooops!!!

[88v8]

Well, you're an honest chap. Not many of us would have admitted to that. Glad there wasn't too much damage.

Worst thing I did was reversing my Landrover into the drive too fast and rammed the wife's shopping trolley. Luckily I was able to find a bumper in a scrap yard and she never noticed that the front and rear bumpers on her car don't match.

Ivor

[tbo]

Sorry to hear about your crash. The car looked so great when you presented it a while back .Good luck from here on out Tim

[tomsbad6]

Hello good news the insurance  man came today Friday the fifth. I have about an hours work on the car now and it's ready for the drag strip not sure if it's going to open tomorrow or not they had a couple things to finish up before opening I'm ready I took the car for a drive drives just fine it really flies with no front end the aerodynamics are not very good starts feeling kind of funny at about 110 but everything works just fine I hope to have a great big check from the insurance man on Monday and most of my parts by Tuesday or Wednesday should be able to fix it in less than a week here is a couple more photos                                       signed all there going to see is the back end anyway

[tomsbad6]

Hello today is the sixth the drag strip opening did get postponed so I did manage to get about three hours work on the car it is now totally prepped ready for parts don't know what day that will be here are a few photos



signed ready for sheet metal

[tomsbad6]

Hello it's me crash I got another six hours work in on the car I found parts I went out to the shop and Doug through pieces and parts I had left over body Tub they really belong to a customer I talked to him he said cut it up take what you need I hated to cut a good tub but I also hate to spend money I dug through body panels and found one good front fender NOS old stock triumph never been down the road I'll do the bodywork on front valance tonight take the whole section off paint the inside before installing and I should have a minor touchup under the hood all the left after that is paint to doors to fenders front valance one hood and I'll be backout terrorizing the streets I hope to have it done on Saturday and go to a show on Sunday called mad dogs and Englishmen I think my only problem is going to be drying time if you rush servicer or paint you will get shrink spots I'm on the downhill side of it I can see the end the old girls going to be pretty as ever    photos





in case you're wondering yes I've done this before I do complete restorations every nut and bolt engine trans and rear end rebuilt and it only takes about 10 weeks I could fix this car blindfolded signed minor setback

[tomsbad6]

Hello still working away I got the bodywork and servicer done on front valance servicer done on my new fendor is like 90% humidity here and the stuff is not drying very fast I have a question for you has anybody ever used a front bumper for Moss they are about $350 and in stock to send a bumper to re-chrome would be $350 or more and take two months the last aftermarket bumper I used I said I'd never use one again but I hear now they're better than they used to be  signed is just too hot for this crap

[74ls1tr6]

Congrats on a fast recovery Tom! Understand the heat situation....hard to do anyrhing in the heat....was 110 here but not the humidity you have there. Don't know about Moss' s bumper?....Waiting for your track results!! Also thanks for posting up info about the strongest puller fan. The Caravan fan, I was able to pick up 2 of them at pick n pull for $28 each. How did you wire them up with 3 relays? I was wondering if I can wire them into the ls1 computor to control them somehow.

[tomsbad6]

Hello Calvin if you want to run one speed high just hook the black wire and yellow wire together to ground hook the dark green and the light green wire together and hooked a positive and that will give you high speed if you hook those together hokum to a battery you can test it and see if it sucks the carpet off the floor I think you'll be shocked when you see how much draw the thing has when you try to restrict it give it a try I think most the guys on here think I'm crazy if I get a spare minute I'll sit down and write up a wiring diagram for how to use three relays to run two speeds

[Scott Costanzo]

Calvin, check out this link for wiring a fan to the LS1 pcm

http://ls1tech.com/forums/conversions-hybrids/602292-correct-ls1-fan-diagram-here.html

[tomsbad6]

Hello hot sweaty tired I got another couple of hours in this afternoon did the inside touchup on the car I have a couple photos for you the first one shows How it was taped off and sprayed the second one I took a picture of myself in the wheel tub that I adjust painted good old Centauri enamel my tape line went right through where you see me in the picture I wheeled the two together no one will ever know I crashed it. I'm than a go take a shower drink a beer get some food come out the garage and start all over I have to get the nose and passenger wheel tub painted tonight inside and out I'm going to clearcoat the front valance after it's assembled you're probably wondering how I'm than a well this thing on with everything painted I'll take some pictures it's a real cool trick I think you'll like it if my radiator comes tomorrow I'll be on the road on Saturday wish me luck




I got really crappy news today I went to buy paint DuPont is discontinuing Centauri that is the only paint I have ever found that truly is exact British racing green I ran around town looking for a paint store that had old stock on the shelf mixing colors it took two stores working together to come up with 2 quarts looks like the next time I do the car it gets a complete paint job I'm thinking mallard with the gray interior I built one like that eight years ago the car was beautiful

[tomsbad6]

Hello almost bedtime tomorrow I weld it back together photos

[74ls1tr6]

Thanks for that link Scott. I have seen that thread before and now I can save it.

[88v8]

I asked about the bumper on 6 Pack. In the Body forum, if you want to check replies.

You know there are stainless bumpers, if you want to push the boat out? I heard good report of those, although it's 18 months since I was on the TR Register forum.

Ivor

[tomsbad6]

Hello it's day five on the project I thought I would start in on finish painting panels but it took a little longer to put the tub back together I forgot I had to fabricate new chrome Ali brackets for the bumper a lot of welding inside the car being careful not to mess up paint I have photos you can see how I welded painted panels in without burning the paint where you can see it if my radiator comes tomorrow I'm good to go to the car show on Sunday headlights fenders and hoods not really necessities been a long week of going back to work when I get out of work photos notice how I use compressed air to cool the painted panel on the backside as I weld you have to drill precise holes not all the way through before you start welding very time-consuming still faster than pulling the engine and wiring to paint

[tomsbad6]

[88v8]

My, that was quick. I can imagine the average bodyshop making a meal-and-a-half of that work.

Here's the Bumper thread I started on 6 Pack. It now has a link to another Bumper thread, which drifted o/t, as they do.
http://www.6-pack.org/j15/index.php/forum/21-body-trim-a-accessories/250740-TR6-are-the-Moss-front-bumpers-a-good-fit

Ivor

[tomsbad6]

Hello it's Saturday afternoon I did know paint work this morning I got the car mechanically ready to go new radiator thank you FedEx man wired up temporary blinkers so I'm legal during the day so I can take my wife and kid to car show tomorrow my son is only 16 he's had his license about two months this'll be his first experience with his new MG trying autocross plus Ted Lathrop Steve from advanced wiring should be there plus the fiberglass guy who Ted is trying to get to make a mold of my hood all I have left to do is about six hours of painting two days of drying time and about an hour and a half for assembly but tomorrow is Sunday on the first Sunday the guys who created everything sat back and looked at what he had done and said  it is good  and that's what I'm going to do tomorrow I'm going to enjoy the car my family and friends I will start in again painting on Monday

I think I'm just going to order bumper from Moss thank you for the link to the six pack website PS you cannot even tell anyone ever cut the front end off it looks great photos

[tomsbad6]

Hello it's like really hot here in Michigan the heat index is been like 112° 70 and 80% humidity I had a good time on Sunday at the car show with the family didn't get much chance to talk to Ted Lathrop he was sick as a dog it was extremely hot on Sunday and we left the car show early it was a nice smooth hour drive each way it seems to be too hot to paint unless you have temperature control booth I don't think there's much I can do until the weekend I thought I'd have the car done by Friday but I don't think that's can work I talked to a painter friend of mine and he said the only shot that I have a painting this week is to get up early and spray at 5 o'clock in the morning I'm going to give that a try tomorrow and spray the nose of the car with clear it felt good on Sunday to drive the car I had my wife with me in the car so I couldn't go too fast but it was smooth and straight right up to about 110 mph so the crash clearly did not even tweak my front end alignment that's good news the dragstrip here still has not opened but I hear they're doing some testing sending cars down the track the weather here is supposed to break Saturday night and give me maybe two or three days of time to paint

signed I hate being patient

[tomsbad6]

Hello Saturday the 20th the weather finally broke here it's only 82 with 50% humidity perfectly paintable the weatherman says I have a couple of days of this weather since all my parts need a lot of drying time I decided to cheat the system rather than wait 24 hours before blocking enamel I'm blocking in clearing it in four hours it's amazing what triple the hardware will do seem to be working fine I'm glad to be back at it moving forward a couple of photos and yes the windshield is unbolted and slid back so there will not be a tape line yes it's doing it the hard way but nothing looks better than old-fashioned enamel or lacquer blocked and cleared modern base coat clear coat just doesn't have that kind of depth unless you use three stage candy. I got my Moss bumper this week quite honestly it's shockingly nice nothing like the reproductions I've used in the past two thumbs up to Moss motors   signed racing the weatherman

[rficalora]

Man, you're in inspiration.  I get tired just reading your updates!!  Keep it up; can't wait to see it back on the road.

[tomsbad6]

Hello it's Monday the car is basically all put back together I just got done wet sanding the enamel on the hood I hope to get up early tomorrow morning before work and lay down about a quarter clear on the hood hopefully no runs no drips no bugs I'm not going to put the grill in the car yet I have an idea on a custom stainless steel Grill signed the last part

[tomsbad6]

Hello it's me again got up this morning at 430 humidities 90% but the temperatures 71 so it's Tuesday morning I got almost 2 full courts a clear on the hood no runs no fat lady no bugs looks great now I can go take a shower and I'm off to work
more photos almost left now is wait for the clear on the hood to dry I will not able to color sand or wheel any clear for a couple of weeks going over the only mammal you have to wait for any shrinking to take place years ago pictures of the car minus the grill the one photo I got to cars at once not bad for not being wheeled yet

[88v8]

That's amazing. How's the insurance gong to come out, do you think?

Ivor

PS always strange, seeing your streets over there, no fences nor hedges.