At 04:50 PM 1/21/99 -0600, Dave Terrick wrote:
>Hi Atwell and list,
>
>You may be wrong and just not know it.
You mean I can have some pie for dessert tonight? Oh goody!
>Check to see if you have a packing
>spacer between the chassis and top of spring unit on the driver's side. I
>KNOW the GT6 came with this because I have one. It is about 3/8" in
>thickness and will raise the car that much. When you sit in it, the car
>will be level and "proper".
I assume you are talking about a spacer at the top of the FRONT spring
mount plate? Nope...My Spit didn't have one but I've heard of them.
They are not in any of the parts books though. Guess it would be possible
to make one out of metal stock. The three mounting studs at the top are
extra long to accomodate such a spacer.
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire
Succasunna, NJ USA
>From: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
>To: spitfire-enthusiast@egroups.com <spitfire-enthusiast@egroups.com>;
>spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Cc: tthorn@comp.uark.edu <tthorn@comp.uark.edu>
>Date: January 21, 1999 11:24 AM
>Subject: Re: [spitfire-enthusiast] height of the car?
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>>As promised, I have measured the distance from the bottom of the wheel arch
>>to the top of the wheel rim on my Spitfire (unladen). It has a one-year-old
>>swing spring (2000 miles). Results:
>>
>>Passenger side: 5 1/2 inches
>>Driver side: 5 7/16 inches
>>
>>As you can see, my spring is settling already. :( I blame it on too
>>much holiday food! <wink>
>>
>>
>>Atwell Haines (you can call me "Chubby")
>>'79 Spitfire
>>Succasunna, NJ USA
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>>At 09:29 PM 1/10/99 -0600, Toni Thorn wrote:
>>>Well, I've done the air shocks (with many many tks to several of you!!)
>>>and gotta say that I like what I got!
>>>
>>>In fooling around with them, I started wondering what the actual height of
>>>the body is *supposed* to be. I looked in the manuals that I have (Hayden
>>>and Bentley) and found just about everything except what I was looking
>>>for.
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