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Re: '65 Triumph Spitfire4 - Lots of Q's

To: eburger@sagelink.com
Subject: Re: '65 Triumph Spitfire4 - Lots of Q's
From: jibrooks@juno.com (Jack I Brooks)
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 21:53:22 EST
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <327CC758.2583@sagelink.com>
Ed,

Moss Motors has a warehouse near Dover NJ off Rt 80, just West (~10
miles) of Route 287, in the North Central section of the state.

Jack Brooks
Hillsdale, New Jersey
1960 TR3-A TS69032L
'74 Norton Commando Roadster


On Sun, 03 Nov 1996 11:24:56 -0500 Ed Burger <eburger@sagelink.com>
writes:
>Hello all!  I just bought a 1965 Triumph Spitfire4 (Whats the 4 for?  
>The cylinders?) for $400.  Its in reall 
>bad shape.  Its not that much better than a parts car!  Well, heres 
>whats wrong with it and a few questions I 
>have.  If anyone could offer suggestions that'd be cool.
>
>The Frame was welded on wrong.  Its right now in the body shop getting 
>that fixed.  My father and I wer going 
>to do this, but he knows the guy who owns the body shop so it'll be 
>real cheap.
>
>The body panel under the trunk is smashed in.  So bad the trunk wont 
>close.  Could I just hammer this out or 
>do I need to invest in a new body panel?
>
>The engine doesn't run.  Right now, it has no battery, but when it did 
>the engine would turn but never start. 
>Its been sitting for 10+ years, so that could explain something.  How 
>would you guys begin to attack this?
>
>The paint on it is a cheesy blue color.  And to make it worse, a 
>homedone spraypaint job.  What were the 
>origional colors so I can change this?
>
>Where can I get cheap parts?  This is going to be done as cheaply as 
>possible, so of anyone knows of some 
>cheap parts suppliers or any of them that are local to New 
>Jersey/Philadelphia, I'd appreciate it!
>
>Ed
>'65 Spitfire4
>

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