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Re: Spit Conversions

To: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
Subject: Re: Spit Conversions
From: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 21:51:02 -0500
With more articles to come.  The car's a ball to autocross in (been there,
done that!)

"Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." wrote:

> Grass Roots Motorsports (GRM)  - used to be Auto-X magazine.  They ran a
> series of 10-12 articles on that car.
>
> Mike
> Renton, WA
>
> Fred Griffiths wrote:
>
> > Was just browsing through Chapters book store (actually looking for
> > Triumph and British Car - but too late!) and spotted a bright yellow
> > Spitfire on a mag cover.  This little spit had its hood (bonnet) off and
> > something big crammed in there behind a sloping radiator.
> >     Turned out the magazine feature article was about cramming more
> > power into your street rod..The Spit had a rotary in it.  It was only
> > part of the article, but sure caught my eye.  Seemed to cover a lot of
> > considerations about making unorthodox  conversions.
> >
> >     Now for the life of me I can't remember the magazine title -
> > something like Grass Roots Hotrodding, the December issue.  Thought some
> > of you might be interested in it.
> >
> > Cheers, Fred
> >
> > --
> > Fred & Wendy Griffiths,
> > Calgary, Canada
> > http://www.cadvision.com/griffco/index.htm
> > mailto: griffco@cadvision.com
>
> --
> Mike - Renton, WA
> CARCENTRIC - http://home1.gte.net/NugentMD/Spitfire3500.htm

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