- 21. Re: Seat recovering dilemma (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:12:00 +0100
- How about http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/80spit07b.jpg ? Good luck with your seats. -- Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands 1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spi
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00375.html (7,213 bytes)
- 22. Re: Overdrive tranny question (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 17:54:27 +0100
- It should do. Whatever it's worth to you. I guess you pays your money and takes your chances... I think you'd need a switch. Either the original one on top of the shift knob, or a custom version. Uhm
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00377.html (8,621 bytes)
- 23. Re: Overdrive tranny question (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 19:26:04 +0100
- I'm sorry, I should have been clearer. The picture on Ebay shows the gearbox including overdrive - so it looks like a complete unit. The one thing I don't see is the original gear knob. And I can't s
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00383.html (8,886 bytes)
- 24. Re: Overdrive tranny question (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 11:32:25 +0100
- AFAIK, standard J-type OD's don't need relays. -- Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands 1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00393.html (8,420 bytes)
- 25. Re: Dual line brakes (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:47:00 +0100
- I've had exactly the same experience. Lucky to be alive despite of it. Cheers, -- Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands 1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00410.html (7,413 bytes)
- 26. Re: From: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl> (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 23:17:58 +0100
- Hmmm. looks a bit like rehashing old news. From http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/duron/faq.html : Q18: Is the AMD Duron processor what AMD has up until now referred to as Spitfire? Is there any differ
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00416.html (7,943 bytes)
- 27. Re: From: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl> (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 23:20:59 +0100
- Ahem. I just noticed: this story was published on March 27, 2000 ... -- Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands 1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00418.html (6,538 bytes)
- 28. Re: supercars (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 16:17:46 +0100
- Interesting. The B&W picture behind the thumbnail on http://www.supercars.net/SDBQ?i=1053 is based on a scan clearly stolen from http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/74leaflet1b.jpg I recognise the un
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00438.html (7,389 bytes)
- 29. Re: supercars (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 20:28:12 +0100
- It's not my photograph - it's a scan of the front of a 1974 sales brochure. While I don't own the copyright to the photograph, I do own the copyright to this scan, including the unique (and might I a
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00441.html (7,623 bytes)
- 30. Weird Spit on Ebay (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 19:17:41 +0100
- While rummaging around on www.ebay.com, I came across Item #561779232 - described as a "1978 Triumph Spitfire IV". The pictures show what looks like a Federal spec post '77 body (post '77 column swi
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00495.html (7,312 bytes)
- 31. Re: Another Dumb Question (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:08:08 +0100
- They are the front retainers for the tonneau cover. The rest of this tent-like contraption is fixed with the three studs on each door and on the studs on which the hood fits. Cheers, -- Eric Kieboom
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00551.html (7,348 bytes)
- 32. Re: Heating Controls Spitfire 1500 (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:13:24 +0100
- Lubricate the pivots point _and_ the cables running off in various directions. Stiffness in this case is IMHO mostly due to sticking cables. It's 1/16" and in case you're interested: keys in that siz
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00552.html (8,359 bytes)
- 33. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 17:56:03 +0100
- Whatever you're comfortable with. ;-) You've had some good (and some hilarious) answers already. As a special service to this list, I've just taken a picture of the well-filled tool roll I always car
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00574.html (8,810 bytes)
- 34. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:53:47 +0100
- <bg> It's an oil filter wrench - one of the few types that will easily fit in the tight space available and doesn't require kicking in any precious brain cells to figure out which way round it needs
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00576.html (8,103 bytes)
- 35. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 21:25:34 +0100
- Oh no. I make it a matter of pride to change my own wheels. Just the one - which I've never needed. Perhaps I'll throw in a bottle of coolant, too. Which I won't ever need, either. Don't worry, it's
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00587.html (9,489 bytes)
- 36. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:03:41 +0100
- I look forward to it. Duh.... I don't know, really. I set the valves once a year and I guess I'm too lazy to look for the feelers; I just always have them with me. Is it? No it isn't. I'm sorry to di
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00595.html (9,222 bytes)
- 37. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:23:35 +0100
- Yes. That's in the boot, too. And some spare jubilee clips and a fanbelt I forgot to mention previously. Blimey, no wonder the rear spring is sagging... :-( Cheers, -- Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00599.html (8,821 bytes)
- 38. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:59:18 +0100
- No pictures, but there are photos and some info on pages 35, 52 and 103 of "Triumph Spitfire & GT6 - a Guide to Originality". The original Spitfire 4 came with a small tool kit in a vinyl pouch. It c
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00600.html (10,116 bytes)
- 39. Spitfire books (was: Spitfire 1500 tools) (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 14:42:47 +0100
- Robson's book deals more with the car's ancestry, development and history and less with the details of originality. It's a good, informative read. The one I think anyone can do without after the Guid
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00629.html (8,329 bytes)
- 40. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 20:41:47 +0100
- Nice car! I like the brolly. Cheers, -- Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands 1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00639.html (9,039 bytes)
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