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B O D Y S H E E T M E TA L
BODY SHEET METAL, TR2, TR3 MODELS
There is very little mass-produced body sheet metal
available for TR2 and TR3 models. Floors, sills, battery
boxes, and a few other popular components are made on
tooling. Most panels are made by hand from flat sheet
metal using simple jigs, hammers, the English wheel, and
the planishing machine. The work is done by the men who
have always done it as long as there have been metal car
bodies. They learn their trade by working with their
fathers, uncles, and older brothers, and cars are built by
hand in a time-honoured tradition. The man who makes
TRF's body components for TR2 and TR3 makes body
panels and body shells as a full-time business where he works with his father and his brother. Together, they have
made many TR2 and TR3 body shells in steel and in aluminium. They also make new body shells in aluminium
for AC Cobras.
You need to realize, as I am sure that you do, that TR2 and TR3 models were largely hand-built cars
originally, and when fitting hand-made body panels to these cars, a certain amount of fitting must be done. This is
the skilled work of the traditional body man or panel beater, as he or she is known in England. This means that
fitting body panels may require a little cutting, bending, hammering, and welding. That this work can be done to a
high standard is illustrated clearly in the body shell photos included here. We are not currently listing body shells,
but we can supply them made to order for specific TR2 and TR3 model variations. Complete body shells as
photographed can be supplied in steel or in aluminium. If you have an interest in a body shell, please phone to
speak with John Swauger, and we will get you a price quotation. Body shells are normally shipped in sea freight
containers, and variables include the cost of crating if required and the cost of shipping from The Roadster Factory
to specific US destinations. If the shell can be picked up at TRF on a flatbed or a car trailer, the need for crating
can be avoided as well as the cost of shipping.
We have been selling the individual TR2 and TR3 body panels for some time, and it has been our
experience that they are of very good quality.
BODY MOUNTING KITS, TR2, TR3
The Roadster Factory has developed a body mounting kit for
TR2 and TR3 models, and this contains everything you need to
mount any TR2 or TR3 body to its chassis frame, including square
and round reinforced rubber pads, aluminium pads, rubber strips,
nuts, bolts, washers, and special hardware. Note that you can use
pads as shims to adjust door openings and other body alignments.
Part No.
Description
No.Off
List Price
Your Price
Add/Cart?
Complete Body Mounting Kit,
all TR2 and TR3 models
1
89.95
59.92
Body Pad and Strip Kit;
includes all rubber pads and
1
64.95
54.10
rubber strips included in complete kit
INDIVIDUAL PADS
Pad,
reinforced rubber, round, thin
A/R
1,325.00
1.10
Pad,
reinforced rubber, round, thick
A/R
1.95
1.50
Pad,
reinforced rubber, square
A/R
1.55
1.30
Pad,
aluminium
A/R
2.45
2.10
