FIXING THE BOTCHED NOSE INSTALL

The nose will be stripped back to bare metal, because the dumb body shop "DBS" did'nt seal the new panel with primer(painted right over the black coating that's on the panel from the factory). The paint started to bubble, so it has to be removed.












Another angle
(The nose panel was aligned poorly)













Looking from the top
































The small specks is the paint lifting from the panel. You can also see where the closing panel was attached( panel was not prepped correctly after welding or before painting) incorrectly. It should have been spot or plug welded in place and then the welds cleaned and prime coated.



Starting to remove the paint on the top surface. Then i will detach the panel and sand blast the areas the have surface rust and attach the proper way (according toTR7 repair manual).













Paint has been remove from top surface. Now to remove nose panel so i can plug weld holes and sandblast rusted areas that was welded and not primed coated.

















Nose panel removed (showing headlight closing panels)>














Three holes to be plugged welded where the nose panel was held in place by two bolts.














Trial fit of the nose cone to repair the corner damage on the fender.

Some Botched Repairs

You can see remnants of the old panel removed
and where the panel should have gone ( should have been under instead of over).

Closer view of the same

Not even spot or plugged welded in place

Rear Quarter Repaired wrong(brazed welded)

The braze weld did not have the flux
removed before priming or painting,
causing paint to chip away and rust to form.

More braze welding and rust ( this panel will be
removed and done correctly).














More rivets!!!!
















More rivets and braze welding.















More darn braze welding(See the rust forming).















Should have been spot or plugged welded(probably
light rust forming under the two panels). I suspect
that no rust protection was done when reviting them together.

Sprint motor for my TR7

"THE FIRST MASS PRODUCED CAR 16 VALVE ENGINE"

this engine has been bored 40 over hi compression piston, fast road cam,stainless steel header with freeflow exhaust system and modified TR7 EFI system.

This is the engine that i plan on placing in my tr7 fhc. It still needs some assembly work yet ( fuel injection intake , distributor and harmonic balancer (fan pulley). i will be replacing the oil pan with an rust free one (black powder coated).