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Re: Spitfires, Midgets and forklifts

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Subject: Re: Spitfires, Midgets and forklifts
From: kentop@ix.netcom.com (Ken Bertschy)
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 06:03:27 -0700
>I understand the Midgets at some point started using the same 1500
>engine as Spitfires.  With a mysteriously superior big end rod bearing.
>And that this same engine is now known as a Continental, and resides
>within many forklifts.
>
I know that the 77 MG midget has the Triumph 1500 engine, carb, and
transmission as the Spitfire because I yanked a used tranny out of one and
put it in my Spit. At the same time I helped a guy with a 77 Midget rebuild
his 150CD Stromberg carb by swapping parts with a junker I had.



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