Hey Huw, This one's for you!
Joe
robert janyk wrote:
>
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>
> ....I don't know if anybody gives a rip for a Spit out there.....'cause I
> don't be like havin' a 'bio' on it or anything....(sorry, couldn't
> resist).....
>
> .......but maybe, just maybe..... somebody might know somebody who is
> interested...... I have found a 1972 Spitfire....it has been stashed away
> in a barn out in the county and the fellow wants to get rid of
> it......there was an ad for it in the local 'Buy'n Sell'......
>
> ...this be Bellingham, Washington....30 miles south Canadian border......
> and 80 miles north of Seattle......right next to the I-5 corridor so would
> be very easy to transport.....
>
> ..........I called the guy and went and checked it out to see if it might
> be worth, as they say out here in the county,.... "a pinch of coon
> shit"......
>
> ............well, as a TR person for more years then I would care to admit
> (but not as a "Spitter').....it might be of interest to a 'Spitter'....
>
> ...1972.....very, very straight....asking $350....could be $200....hell, if
> you bring a 'jug' with you...... you could probably get it for $150....and
> if you finished the jug with the guy...... you could probably get it for
> $50....
>
> Bad news:
>
> ....no seats ....motor and tranny gone ...but I did learn that they are in
> Uncle Clem's barn...about 3-4 miles north..... on the Pole Road....he
> (previous owner) was going to restore it but his wife done ran off with the
> Postmaster......so 2/3 of the drive train are in a different barn....go
> figure.....
>
> ......but can be provided....no idea as to condition of same as Uncle Clem
> was milking the cows.....
>
> ........not.....repeat not......an overdrive rig.....but if they are
> anything like the car....(not the cows, the motor and tranny)..... we're
> talking rings, bearings........and pithney pins........ and a new Johnstone
> bar.......and don't forget the new cluster gear ....etc. etc. etc. etc.
> etc....but the housings are probably ok....sorry....
>
> # FK 36529
> March 1972
> Paint 54 Trim 11
>
> Good news (if that is indeed possible....)
>
> .....very little rust..... new black 'canvas' top (why do they call it
> that, how about plastic with some sort of flannel on the inside)........
> all dash gauges and knobs present and the 'car' has not been left out in
> the rain.....which we have a ton of here....rain I mean.......windows still
> go up and down and well........... :-)
>
> ........the doors are in great shape....... as are the bonnet and trunk
> lids.......body and 'fender' parts in very great shape....... door handles,
> inside and out, all present and accounted for sir.....header (?) (go
> figure)......... no 'bondo' found in any 'key areas"......(we know where
> they are, don't we, you 'rockers' out there...... frame
> straight.....headlight rims, light lenses and other exterior cool 'stuff'
> all there.....
>
> ......well worth the money, I think, to a Spitter....if it was a '2 or '3,
> hell, I'd be all over it like a cheap suit......(ok.....if it was a '4 or
> a '5.... I guess I would be also)......
>
> ........but if it was a '6 or later..... I would have the goats tow it back
> into the barn for another 10 years.....sorry you '6'ers....but I have had
> several of all of the models...(way too many)..... and the '6's really will
> get better with age.....trust me...the doors just don't quite cut it...and
> we won't even talk about the 'butt'.....
>
> ....if anybody wants more info.......... and phone numbers etc.......
> and/or a bucket of milk ...please respond to my email and not the
> list......as we don't want to be takin' up any more bandwidth.....all those
> folks givin' each other shit about the 'bio-thing', need the
> space...........
>
> ....and I love this list....even with it's 'stuff'.....I mean after all
> aren't we about TR's....and that, in and of itself, says alot about who we
> are......sigh....
>
> ....ciao.......rj
>
> --============_-1277088997==_ma============
>
> ....I don't know if anybody gives a rip for a Spit out there.....'cause
> I don't be like havin' a 'bio' on it or anything....(sorry, couldn't
> resist).....
>
> .......but maybe, just maybe..... somebody might know somebody who is
> interested...... I have found a 1972 Spitfire....it has been stashed
> away in a barn out in the county and the fellow wants to get rid of
> it......there was an ad for it in the local 'Buy'n Sell'......
>
> ...this be Bellingham, Washington....30 miles south Canadian
> border...... and 80 miles north of Seattle......right next to the I-5
> corridor so would be very easy to transport.....
>
> ..........I called the guy and went and checked it out to see if it
> might be worth, as they say out here in the county,.... "a pinch of
> coon shit"......
>
> ............well, as a TR person for more years then I would care to
> admit (but not as a "Spitter').....it might be of interest to a
> 'Spitter'....
>
> ...1972.....very, very straight....asking $350....could be
> $200....hell, if you bring a 'jug' with you...... you could probably
> get it for $150....and if you finished the jug with the guy...... you
> could probably get it for $50....
>
> <bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param><bigger>Bad news:
>
> </bigger></color></bold>....no seats ....motor and tranny gone ...but I
> did learn that they are in Uncle Clem's barn...about 3-4 miles
> north..... on the Pole Road....he (previous owner) was going to restore
> it but his wife done ran off with the Postmaster......so 2/3 of the
> drive train are in a different barn....go figure.....
>
> ......but can be provided....no idea as to condition of same as Uncle
> Clem was milking the cows.....
>
> ........not.....repeat not......an overdrive rig.....but if they are
> anything like the car....(not the cows, the motor and tranny).....
> we're talking rings, bearings........and pithney pins........ and a new
> Johnstone bar.......and don't forget the new cluster gear ....etc. etc.
> etc. etc. etc....but the housings are probably ok....sorry....
>
> # FK 36529
>
> March 1972
>
> Paint 54 Trim 11
>
> <bold><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param><bigger>Good news (if that is
> indeed possible....)
>
> </bigger></color></bold>.....very little rust..... new black 'canvas'
> top (why do they call it that, how about plastic with some sort of
> flannel on the inside)........ all dash gauges and knobs present and
> the 'car' has not been left out in the rain.....which we have a ton of
> here....rain I mean.......windows still go up and down and
> well........... :-)
>
> ........the doors are in great shape....... as are the bonnet and trunk
> lids.......body and 'fender' parts in very great shape....... door
> handles, inside and out, all present and accounted for sir.....header
> (?) (go figure)......... no 'bondo' found in any 'key areas"......(we
> know where they are, don't we, you 'rockers' out there...... frame
> straight.....headlight rims, light lenses and other exterior cool
> 'stuff' all there.....
>
> ......well worth the money, I think, to a Spitter....if it was a '2 or
> '3, hell, I'd be all over it like a cheap suit......(ok.....if it was
> a '4 or a '5.... I guess I would be also)......
>
> ........but if it was a '6 or later..... I would have the goats tow it
> back into the barn for another 10 years.....sorry you '6'ers....but I
> have had several of all of the models...(way too many)..... and the
> '6's really will get better with age.....trust me...the doors just
> don't quite cut it...and we won't even talk about the 'butt'.....
>
> ....if anybody wants more info.......... and phone numbers etc.......
> and/or a bucket of milk ...please respond to my email and not the
> list......as we don't want to be takin' up any more bandwidth.....all
> those folks givin' each other shit about the 'bio-thing', need the
> space...........
>
> ....and I love this list....even with it's 'stuff'.....I mean after all
> aren't we about TR's....and that, in and of itself, says alot about who
> we are......sigh....
>
> ....ciao.......rj
>
>
>
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