Black Forest TR3A

I think Rob is right with that. I see that in the UK you have the same problems with cadmium plating, silver solder etc. like we here in Germany (or the EU). Here in Freiburg we're lucky to have a small galvanisation firm that still does black galvanisation. And they are very good in small (and very small) parts. Never lost a part... The link is: https://galvanik.hier-im-netz.de/

For the bolts: I try to reuse most of the original bolts (with the original markings of the 50ies). I was able to buy a complete second set from a California TR3A, which was dismantled and sold in pieces (no papers, no VIN).

Thank you all! Yes, it really was a huge sigh of relief. But I learned a lot! But I confess: Next time I would choose a car with a better body...

Here in Germany we call it "Schwarz verzinkt". Perhaps in English it's called "Japonised"? Most of the AUTO, BEES, SPARTS, WILEY and BAX bolts were finished black, while LINREAD and CRANES were silver or without finish. OK, when I dismantled the car, most bolts were brown...

Thank you John! But the green colour (John Deere green actually) is only for rust proofing. The body will be painted in Pearl White But for five seconds I had the intention of fitting yellow wheels

And I gave all the nuts, bolts and small parts to the galvanic.

Beside that I've restored a lot of smaller parts...

After three years of panel beating and welding the work on body and frame was finished in August 23. Body and frame went through another derusting bath and a "cathode paint bath" (Kathodentauchbadlackierung, sorry, don't know the correct term in English )... At the moment I'm looking for a paint shop.

+1 for that. This is how my fuel gauge wiring looked...

"Please allow me to introduce myself" - sorry, couldn't resist this citation. My name is Christian, I'm from a village near Freiburg im Breisgau, South Western Germany. From 1986 to 1992 I owned a '59 TR3A, which I had to sell to buy a daily driver ('86 Alfa Spider, still going strong for holiday drives to France and Italy). Over the years I was still interested in British cars, especially sidescreen TRs, collecting books and automobilia of these cars. In 2011 a '76 MGB GT (LHD swiss car) came along "par hazard", sold in our village, and my wife and me began to do our spring hol