Began to strip the interior and have a look at the inner workings of my TR6 today in preparation for some rolled-on paint awesomeness.
Pics: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v126/SlickDizzy/TR6/ (I'm just posting highlights)
First things first - whoever last had their hands on this car is a dumbass. The non-original seats were crappily bolted in through the floor pan, with the driver's seat held down by nothing more than some thick sheetmetal screws through the floor (!!!) and the seatbelts were mounted through the floor at different points on each side. More sheetmetal screws were used to keep the carpet down...etc etc. The pictures describe it pretty well.
I tried to pull the fenders; the driver's side mostly came off, though it is bondo'ed to the front end of the car. The passenger side is a little more difficult, as the bottom part in front of the door is held on with some hastily-bent sheetmetal and - you guessed it - more sheetmetal screws. I was also really happy with the mirror mounting job, they had the courtesy to drill 3 more holes than what was needed for the crappy JC Whitney chrome-plastic E36 M3.
Also, when pulling the wheels, I noticed that they were actually 4x108 Mustang wheels - precariously drilled out to fit my 4x114.3 TR6. They are going in the trash.
My awesome garage.
These held the driver's seat to the floor.
Interior mostly out.
Some fine body work there, Bob!
Driver's side is much better.
Well, sort of....
Apparently this is how many holes you need for 3 mirror screws.
Rear tube shock conversion has been installed with surprising care - oh, wait, is that a spring expander?
More to come tomorrow.
Lord knows I'll be POR-15's biggest customer in the coming month, though. I'm not quite sure if I want to touch the body rot behind the fenders; the driver's side is passable but I can't imagine how bad the box is behind the passenger side.
