A Couple of Questions

[Blakes73]

I'm mid way through a restoration of a Mk3 GT6. I've replaced the floor and with it the triangular bracket that's welded to the bulkhead and bolts to the chassis outrigger. The last repair was a complete mess and the plate on the triangular bracket, that sits under the floor pan was non existent. I was wondering if these 'plates' were originally welded to the floor pans for extra strength or do they just sit against the floors? 

Also front of the door gap to the wing/bonnet how big was the gap from factory? 

 

Regards~

 

 

[Stratton Jimmer]

People normally comment that my panel gaps are good. Here's a photo of my 1973 Mk3 drivers side door to bonnet gap.

[Colin Lindsay]

On 14/08/2024 at 08:37, Blakes73 said:

I'm mid way through a restoration of a Mk3 GT6. I've replaced the floor and with it the triangular bracket that's welded to the bulkhead and bolts to the chassis outrigger. The last repair was a complete mess and the plate on the triangular bracket, that sits under the floor pan was non existent. I was wondering if these 'plates' were originally welded to the floor pans for extra strength or do they just sit against the floors? 

Now you've started me thinking.... would a 'tab' on the underside to weld to the floorpans be necessary, given the strength of the welds to either side? Would it help?

This guy has repaired the same area on a Spitfire, some good photos:

http://www.roundtailrestoration.com/2018/04/triumph-spitfire-body-repair-50.html

[Blakes73]

On 15/08/2024 at 11:01, Stratton Jimmer said:

People normally comment that my panel gaps are good. Here's a photo of my 1973 Mk3 drivers side door to bonnet gap.

Thanks so much for taking the time to do this.

[Blakes73]

On 15/08/2024 at 12:13, Colin Lindsay said:

Now you've started me thinking.... would a 'tab' on the underside to weld to the floorpans be necessary, given the strength of the welds to either side? Would it help?

This guy has repaired the same area on a Spitfire, some good photos:

http://www.roundtailrestoration.com/2018/04/triumph-spitfire-body-repair-50.html

Thanks for posting this, he doesn't appear to have welded the tabs to the floor pan. I might drill a couple of holes and plug weld them. They're very handy to hang a new floor pan off when you're setting up to weld a new one in, other than that I can't thick why the tabs would be there if they weren't supposed to be welded in?