saffrontr Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 It was just behind the B post Peter cheers Derek Quote Link to post Share on other sites
saffrontr Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Tom, there was an article on the body swap in the August 1992 Thoroughbred and Classic Car magazine Derek Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 13 hours ago, BlueTR3A-5EKT said: There was a metal plate welded to the body. I do not remember where. I think it was on the B post one side or under the bonnet near the bulkhead. CP to CR. Single rear outer panel change is the first one I can think of to accommodate the number plate lamps, which wee on the bumper on earlier cars CR would also have had the front lower valance pierced for fitting the spoiler. Similar to this plate I expect. Also the wings would have different location holes for the bumpers. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRTOM2498PI Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 4 hours ago, saffrontr said: Tom, there was an article on the body swap in the August 1992 Thoroughbred and Classic Car magazine Derek Hi Derek, That is correct, I have it somewhere. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tr graham Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 For that money I will sell my Genuine factory one complete with factory issued number and tag Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cvtrian Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Rimmers have reviewed the price, now £12,000 plus Vat https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-GRID600273 Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
simonjrwinter Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 (edited) I owned this car many years ago (2006) it had a CTM chassis, a replacement bodyshell and everything was either new or fully rebuilt. It was as close as you could get to a brand new TR6…..paid £9,500 for it! Wish I’d kept it! Edited February 6 by simonjrwinter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ralph Whitaker Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 I assume that the uptake was not that good when originally made as 6s were plentiful and relatively cheap, but now the prices of TR6s has increased do you think they will ever re make the shells. Ralph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 2 hours ago, Ralph Whitaker said: I assume that the uptake was not that good when originally made as 6s were plentiful and relatively cheap, but now the prices of TR6s has increased do you think they will ever re make the shells. Ralph Doubtful as they "Lost" the tooling for most of it. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ralph Whitaker Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 20 hours ago, stuart said: Doubtful as they "Lost" the tooling for most of it. Stuart. That was careless of them. Ralph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PodOne Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 Likely never happen even if the tooling comes to light as the younger generation of classic car owners are more focused on 1980's offering so demand is going to go down. Unfortunate but each generation to their own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brian -r Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 21 hours ago, stuart said: Doubtful as they "Lost" the tooling for most of it. Stuart. Did they lose the tooling or did Steptoe Knock on the back door? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 4 hours ago, PodOne said: Likely never happen even if the tooling comes to light as the younger generation of classic car owners are more focused on 1980's offering so demand is going to go down. Unfortunate but each generation to their own. Tooling was scrapped years ago. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spit_2.5PI Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 I spoke to someone at BMH in 2009 about the possibility of a Spitfire shell. It wouldn't happen he said, as there were some key sections where they didn't have the tooling and the car was still plentiful and cheap. The conversation strayed onto the BMH TR6 shell which hadn't long ended then. He said that likewise some of the tooling had been scrapped years before - my impression was that this was during Leyland or Austin-Rover days, not by BMH. In order to do the TR6 shells they had some "Rubber Tooling" made up which was far cheaper, gave acceptable results but had a limited life. A few hundred panels and the tooling deteriorates, and this had determined how many complete shells they had done. Cheers, Richard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Spit_2.5PI said: I spoke to someone at BMH in 2009 about the possibility of a Spitfire shell. It wouldn't happen he said, as there were some key sections where they didn't have the tooling and the car was still plentiful and cheap. The conversation strayed onto the BMH TR6 shell which hadn't long ended then. He said that likewise some of the tooling had been scrapped years before - my impression was that this was during Leyland or Austin-Rover days, not by BMH. In order to do the TR6 shells they had some "Rubber Tooling" made up which was far cheaper, gave acceptable results but had a limited life. A few hundred panels and the tooling deteriorates, and this had determined how many complete shells they had done. Cheers, Richard That is correct about the tooling BMH used. A lot of parts were genuine old stock from Leyland, that no tooling existed for when the project was started, other parts were Cox & Buckles kirksite form tools run through a big rubber press, that press is now scrap, plus C&B drop hammer tooling, that was retooled. Heritage Pressings supplied a vast amount of odd brackets and fittings ( wiring loom tags, L brackets for trim boards etc) for the TR 6 shell. They closed down when BMH was homologated into one factory at Witney. By that time they were in discussion with SteelCraft. BMH were looking to move all their original factory production punch and die press tool sets from the North of England press facility to a more convenient press shop nearer Witney. The rest as they say is history….. Couple into this the work to secure and move the Classic Mini tooling, jigs and fixtures before some get rich quick merchant sold it all from Birmingham for scrap. Edited March 17 by BlueTR3A-5EKT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Motorsport Mickey Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 "Couple into this the work to secure and move the Classic Mini tooling, jigs and fixtures before some get rich quick merchant sold it all from Birmingham for scrap. " Hi Pete, I'm unclear, does the above sentance mean the jigs and fixtures were protected ok ? or does it mean it was unsuccessful and some "get rich quick merchant sold it all from Birmingham for scrap." and it's all now been reconstituted intp picnic trays ? .Heritage has form on this sort of vandalism Mick Richards Edited 1 hour ago by BlueTR3A-5EKT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
multipletriumphsinner Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 15 hours ago, BlueTR3A-5EKT said: Cox & Buckles kirksite form tools run through a big rubber press, that press is now scrap, Sounds like Chinns in Coventry? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 30 minutes ago, multipletriumphsinner said: Sounds like Chinns in Coventry? No Adwest Engineering at Woolley, Did use Dowty for a few items but they had a greedy tooling ownership policy, that RR got really caught out by. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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