--- Reg Tulk <regtulk@isd.net> wrote:
>
> Ok, time to get the "new" body ('79)on the "old"
> frame('74) {with a lot
> of help from the local MN Triumph club}
> So I thought in preparation I would obtain a "body
> mounting kit" from
> the suppliers - turns out they don't exist for a
> spit.
Rimmer Brothers list a body mounting kit under the
following part number : 574245 at 11.69 UKP
> And the rubber grommets - I've had
> suggestions ranging
> from using old pieces of inner tube/tires,
> tupperware, etc. - and I'd
> like a second opinion or two from one who has "been
> there/done that"-
> Somebody out there must have had this problem in the
> past!
I ordered all the grommets from a place that makes
wiring looms over here in the UK -
www.autosparks.co.uk
Just measured all the holes, and ordered the grommets,
wiring and blanking as required.
> I also would appreciate anyone's $.02 or advice on
> the body swap thing -
> I would like to only have to do this once...!
Would not of thought that there should be any problems
with the body swap, as the two bodies are of the same
square back. Don't think that there are that many
differences are there in terms of body mountings?
Best of luck with it!
===
Phil Johnson
Club Triumph (UK) Spitfire/GT6 Secretary
http://www.club.triumph.org.uk/
66 Spitfire4 Mk2 FC73949
68 GT6 Mk1 KC13299
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