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Re: Bronte Creek

To: "Spitfire List" <spitfires@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: Bronte Creek
From: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:39:52 -0400
Hahaha, I HAD a spare frame while I had the car apart - all it ended up
needing was sills/reinforcements/rockers to strengthen it up - I ended up
giving the frame away (It was a mk.3 frame) when my folks sold their farm...
Now I wonder if I might have found a better home for it!

Luke


>
> What no frame replacement yet?????  Boy then you are in great shape then
:-)
>
> hehehehehehehe
>
> David
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-spitfires@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-spitfires@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Luke Lewis
> > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 3:07 PM
> > To: Spitfire List; David Templeton
> > Subject: Re: Bronte Creek
> >
> >
> >
> > Yup, our baby's seen about 6000 miles this year... basically it's only
> > getting what repairs it absolutely requires this year - it needs 4
fenders
> > and 2 door skins to be at the point where I want it to be - plus
> > a front-end
> > rebuild, an overdrive, etc etc....
> >
> > Luke
> >
> > >
> > > Hey then you were parked right behind me then.  I was the
> > French Blue that
> > > was off your drivers side door.  Can I assume you are in the
> > driver/resto
> > > position?  It still great you showed up, strength in numbers.
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Luke Lewis <lukage@home.com>
> > > To: Spitfire List <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Sun Sep 17 19:59:56 2000
> > > Subject: Re: Bronte Creek
> > >
> > >
> > > Mine was the blue one with the spray-bomb paint job that was parked
> > sideways
> > > between the 1500's and the Mark's because that's where it stalled! :-)
> > >
> > > Luke
> > > '71 Spit - "Fireball"
> > > (It started again in time to leave, even though it was about 2
> > hours late
> > > getting there due to an odd gear-oil spewing issue)
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Good morning all,
> > > >
> > > > It is a beautiful day here the temp is about 22C and the sky is
almost
> > > 100%
> > > > clear. So far I have counted about 50 Spitfires.  If I had to
> > guess then
> > > > probably 100 TR6's, 10 TR2's & 3's, 20 or so TR7 & 8's, over 1/2
dozen
> > > GT6's
> > > > as well as a number of 250's and 4's.
> > > >
> > > > Boy, every make and model is here.  I even saw a pre-production
> > > > Austin-Healey 100 with a polished aluminium body!
> > > >
> > > > I really do think the attendence is over 1000 cars here.
> > > >
> > > > I think it is time for another walk around and enjoy.
> > > >
> > > > David A. Templeton at Bronte
> > > >
> >
>


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