Listers:
I know this car and have seen it in person. It is all Tim says and MUCH
more.
See this car. Trust me. It really is perfect.
John
Mark J Bradakis wrote:
>
> This was sent to the wrong address, rather than spitfires@autox.team.net
>
> mjb.
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>
> From: GRMTim@aol.com
> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 01:15:58 EDT
> Subject: Engine swap into Spitfire
>
> It's 1:00 am and I am checking my e-mail. I have just come in from putting the
> doors back together on my Rotary Spitfire. My creation is nearly complete. I
> feel like a mad scientist as I complete my creation.
>
> No more talk about GT6/Spitfires and other engine swaps on the list. I have
> been reading it all with much amusement. I had a GT6/Spitfire. It was like a
> Spitfire that sounded and accelerated like a Camaro. What=92s not to like? It
> wasn=92t enough though. As the Spitfire is my favorite car, and I have driven
> them all (and owned most of them too), I wanted the ultimate perfect Spitfire.
>
> I believe after three long years of torture, I have created this machine. For
> those of you who don=92t understand engine swaps, or any extensive project of
> this type, I feel sorry for you. Who wouldn=92t want a perfectly restored
> Triumph Spitfire with 250 horsepower, all the mistakes fixed, 1500 pound total
> weight (with all four corners within 20 pounds of each other? To those of you
> who don=92t understand this, you probably wouldn=92t like an AC Cobra either.
>I
> would, but I couldn=92t afford a Cobra, so I built something probably just as
> good, possibly even better.
>
> If you want to read about it, the whole hellish story has been outlined in the
> last two years of Grassroots Motorsports magazine (e-mail me an address and I
> will send you a free sample issue). If you want to go for a ride in it and
> maybe even drive it, stop by my shop after the holidays, as I will have it
> sorted by then.
>
> Sincerely and tiredly,
>
> Tim Sudddard/publisher/Grassroots Motorsports
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