TRIUMPH TR2 RESTORATION
The Adventures of Godot
Floors and foot well
Trial fit of new Kilmartin floor
Check that the seat runners mount correctly before welding
Paint makes it all look good!
Trial fit of new Kilmartin floor
Pretty exciting subject matter! If you have read this far you have done well or you have a special interest in fixing floors.
As mentioned somewhere above, the previous floors had been tacked in but not sealed and then covered in sound deadener. This provided a great environment for water to leak in under the sound deadener and brew for a long time eventually creating new opportunities for more water to come in. I did have a go at cleaning it all up and repainting but this did not produce a great outcome.
I have bought new floor panels some time ago from Kilmartin Sheetmetal of Ballarat Victoria as well as new sills. The interesting thing is although they make both parts the mounting bracket on the sills is meant to match up with the mounting holes in the floor but in some instances were half a hole out. pretty fundamental issue in my opinion. Other than that the quality of the panels is pretty good.
I did have to make some modifications to the drivers side floor to get the bolts to match with the transmission tunnel and also modified the shape of the floor to better follow the tunnel profile. The tunnel never seemed to bolt in correctly so I have reworked it to make it match up to holes in the fire wall without having to use brute strength to fit it. this might reduce the incidence of it cracking in future if it is not under stress.
I still need to finish the fire wall and kick panels to attach them to the sills. I am not sure how this works whether there is a folded overlap that is spot welded into place or seam welded which would be unusual. The overlap will provide a stronger join so may go that direction with a heavier gauge to stiffen up the cowl.
June 19 I have managed to rebuild all of the floor at this stage and only have the firewall connection to complete. I have fabricated all of the floor from the end of the Kilmartin panels back, in some cases a couple of times once the front and rear came together and I had a few millimetres height difference. I have also had to work though the challenges of the rear transmission tunnel with 13 mating surfaces of which very few seemed to want to comply to the new floor sections. This is looking reasonably good now so time to move on!