Doors
Although fairly simple, there was more to rebuilding the doors than I’d envisaged.
To start off, I added some sound deadening material to the inside.
To start off, I added some sound deadening material to the inside.
Next I installed the locks and door handles.
Then I pulled the windows and mechanism out of a crate. More work than I thought, as it turned out some of the window channels had brackets that had rusted off and I had to make new ones.
You can buy new channels, but I decided to refurb the old ones in the end: the soft side of Velcro fits well in the channels and seems to do a good job.
The 1972 TR6 has vinyl door pulls stuck to the top of the door, and a cheap looking panel set into the door card. I didn’t like either. I had decided to revert to the chrome handles from the TR4. There are holes for mounting these already in the TR6 door. I just added some rivnuts.
I don’t have any photos of mounting the internal mechanism and glass, but it was fairly straightforward. The lock release mechanism needs some foam behind it to eliminate rattles.
Next up were the inner and outer window glass seals. These are renowned as being tricky to fit. Other blogs and forums were a big help. I made a tool to pull the clips up from underneath, and lowered the rear seal to get some of the rearward clips on. In reality it wasn’t as bad as I’d expected.
Added the mirrors, and it’s starting to look more complete.