- 81. Your Spitfire!!!! (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:41:09 EST
- Martin, (and other Spitfire owners), Have you read the current issue of "Flight Journal?" There is an interesting article in there about the WWII British Fighter planes of the same name as your car.
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00305.html (8,362 bytes)
- 82. Re: Your Spitfire!!!! (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:03:58 EST
- Nay, nay, my friend, it doesn't have to be so! A rover V8 weighs a LOT less than the 6 cylinder used in the GT6 (about 75 pounds), and how bad do they handle? Not bad at all, I would suspect. If done
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00311.html (8,272 bytes)
- 83. Re: Your Spitfire!!!! (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:18:03 EST
- What more incentive do you need? You've got the car, you've got the engine, you've got the desire, you've got the motivation - Get cracking, man! Someone once said "a man's reach should exceed his gr
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00314.html (8,495 bytes)
- 84. Re: Your Spitfire!!!! (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:19:01 EST
- & Tom, Are you familiar with Concours West Industries? They produce a "Jag" rear end, using a modified Ford 9 inch differential. Basically, the cut the Ford axle housing off just outboard of the diff
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00359.html (11,036 bytes)
- 85. Re: Your Spitfire!!!! (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:34:54 EST
- Tom, Reed, I have talked (e-mail) with Dave on several occasions. He is a very nice guy, and is more than happy to talk about his car. He has done a lot of engineering on that car, and it would be we
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00377.html (8,484 bytes)
- 86. Re: Your Spitfire!!!! (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:35:53 EST
- "Thanks, (I think) for the moral support." Tom, No problem - if enough of us get into this, then none of us will be outcasts anymore! "I believe this is the mod I remember seeing. Do you by any chanc
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00378.html (9,574 bytes)
- 87. Re: TR 6 Alternator?? & alternators for GT6 (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 15:24:59 EST
- Spit, Neil and Hector, Electrically, yes, mechanically, maybe. From an electrical standpoint, there is no doubt that the alternators you are asking about will work. Mechanically, there may be small d
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00420.html (8,563 bytes)
- 88. Re: More on Moss Motoring (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 23:28:41 EST
- Joe (Eagle eyes!), I find it amusing that they flipped a photo of a RHD car to make it look like a LHD! Also, one would think that they would at least include the product they're advertising in the p
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00436.html (7,458 bytes)
- 89. Re: voltage stabilizer? (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:58:07 EST
- Ryan, Do your windshield wipers and your turn signals work? If so, it's probably a bad stabilizer; if not, then you either have a blown fuse or a bad connection in the green wire to the stabilizer an
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00460.html (8,222 bytes)
- 90. TR6 restoration - update report (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 21:05:12 EST
- First of all, a great big thank you to the members of the list who contributed so generously to the restoration fund, to Leon for covering the cost of the repairs to the hood, and to the rest of you
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00484.html (10,139 bytes)
- 91. Re: Commission number plaque (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 14:14:21 EST
- Kirby, I don't know if the commission plaque on a MKIV Spitfire is the same as on a TR6, but if it is, I have a perfect solution for your problem. Go to Radio Shack and buy one of the small plastic "
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00495.html (9,962 bytes)
- 92. Re: Rotary Spitfire (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 14:52:51 EST
- Would you be willing to put your Spit up against Tim Suddard's rotary Spit, wheel to wheel, you pick the venue, in a race for titles? I doubt it. Never mind how much money or work he has in his car,
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00553.html (11,295 bytes)
- 93. Re: voltage stabilizer? - update (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 17:35:00 EST
- Zach, All three of the items you mentioned get their power from the "Green" fuse, as do the brake and reverse lamps, so if at least one of them work, the fuse is OK. It's certainly possible that you
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00560.html (8,908 bytes)
- 94. Re: Rotary Spitfire (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:08:53 EST
- N.A., Interesting comments. Unrelated to the discussion at hand, but interesting. But I'm not reading from your book. The Spitfire is a nice little car, no doubt about that, but in my book, it could
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00563.html (10,895 bytes)
- 95. Re: Pubescent Admirations WAS: Rotary Spitfire (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 14:26:55 EST
- Good news for all you Moonies - They're back! You want Moon eyes on your gear shift? They got 'em. You want fuzzy dice? They got 'em. You want to shift gears with a "Rat Fink" encased in a crystal cl
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00592.html (8,789 bytes)
- 96. Re: Pubescent Admirations WAS: Rotary Spitfire - and other musings (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:28:28 EST
- Ryan, Back in the good ole, bad ole, days, in the early days of hot rodding, there was a guy named Dick Moon who produced some very fine speed equipment. His trademark was a pair of eyes. When you bo
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00608.html (10,351 bytes)
- 97. Re: rotary spit (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 17:21:07 EST
- Tom, Boy, I almost hate to stick my nose in here again, considering how battered it got the last time, but, what the heck, here goes! I agree with you about Barry and Tim, they are two of my role mod
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00645.html (14,095 bytes)
- 98. Re: rotary spit - tech talk (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 16:30:17 EST
- "The plan right now calls for: (1) Mustang 5.0 front suspension allowing me the steering, suspension, & brake upgrades that I will need." Tom, Did you really mean to say "Mustang 5.0" or Mustang II?
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00711.html (12,702 bytes)
- 99. Re: Engine conversions (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 18:43:46 EDT
- Eric, I couldn't agree with you more, and nothing says character to me quite like a honkin' OHV, pushrod, V8, with multiple carbs and dual exhausts. To some, it's a DOHC, 32 valve, variable timing, c
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00413.html (13,861 bytes)
- 100. Re: Alternator Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 08:22:54 EDT
- John, I can help with the electrical portion. Maybe some one else can provide details for the mechanical mounting details. ** ELECTRICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPLACING THE ALTERNATOR WITH A GM ALTERNATOR
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00414.html (14,003 bytes)
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