Front Valance Seam

[kevin]

I have a seam running on the underside of the front valance of my early +2. It's just visible in the attached picture. Is this normal, or the result of someone adding a new front end? The seam appears to join the lower valance with the rest of the body. The outer joint is very poor with a gap between the body and valance seams. Internally the joint is seamless.

I?d be interested to know if this is a feature of all vehicles and do I therefore need to remove or repair?

Thanks

Kevin

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[Dave-M]

It's quite correct to be that way. It usually suffers quite badly from kerb contact while parking. Yours looks good
Regards
Dave

[kevin]

Thanks Dave

The picture is quite deceptive. The fibre glass flaps about and has very little strength. I'll be re-glassing them today.

Regards

Kevin

[Dave-M]

Kevin, Rad looks good, is it an ebay one? What fan did you use?
Best of luck repairing the seam
Regards
Dave

[Dave-M]

Kevin, Rad looks good, is it an ebay one? What fan did you use?
Best of luck repairing the seam
Regards
Dave

[kevin]

The radiator is the original Triumph full width type. I had it re-cored by my local rad shop and added a Kenlowe fan.

Cheers

Kevin

[thor]

I had the car up yesterday to fix the exhaust, and when I moved the axle stand away from the front member of the Spyder frame, I left it RIGHT UNDER the front seam before ensuing the lowering with the trolley jack... I stopped when I heard a hint of crunching and VERY quickly jacked up....... THANK GOD..

Moral: NEVER lower a jack too fast.... (ehm., and watch where you put things.)