dave bailey Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Hi. I'm shortly to start the full restoration of my TR5, and it's likely that it will need a new chassis. Can anyone tell me if I can use a TR4a or TR6 chassis, with minimal modifications ? I'm sure that the information is out there somewhere, but I can't find it. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, dave bailey said: Hi. I'm shortly to start the full restoration of my TR5, and it's likely that it will need a new chassis. Can anyone tell me if I can use a TR4a or TR6 chassis, with minimal modifications ? I'm sure that the information is out there somewhere, but I can't find it. Thanks. TR6 chassis as its near as shove it the same yes TR4a no not really not without a lot of mods. Stuart. Edited March 22, 2021 by stuart Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave bailey Posted March 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Yes, thats what I thought. Thanks Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigBogan Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 Happy Easter - hope the Bunnies haven't crapped in your Earl Grey this morning.. Not wanting to hijack the post, but is it possible, or feasible, to land a TR4 body on a TR5 chassis? After building up a couple of toys, I have a spare TR4 body, a spare TR5 chassis and 2.5PI engine and gearbox left over, and it kind of looks like a match to me. Best regards PeteB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 20 hours ago, BigBogan said: Happy Easter - hope the Bunnies haven't crapped in your Earl Grey this morning.. Not wanting to hijack the post, but is it possible, or feasible, to land a TR4 body on a TR5 chassis? After building up a couple of toys, I have a spare TR4 body, a spare TR5 chassis and 2.5PI engine and gearbox left over, and it kind of looks like a match to me. Best regards PeteB Yes it will fit though you would really want to fit the extra mounts for the rear spring bridge, item 68 here Body shell You would need some sort of ID to do this or it`ll have a Q plate. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigBogan Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 7:02 PM, stuart said: Yes it will fit though you would really want to fit the extra mounts for the rear spring bridge, item 68 here Body shell You would need some sort of ID to do this or it`ll have a Q plate. Stuart. Thanks Stuart - I'm in Oz, so there's a quite stringent engineering inspection regime in getting a car with mis-matched or missing numbers registered (MOT'd), but at least it's fairly clear what needs to be done to satisfy the authorities. I take your point about adding the otherwise missing chassis mounts and fittings, but it seems like an irresistible project to put together a '5', even if it's not a true '5'.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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