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81. Re: Spit/GT6 door for sale (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 13:05:00 +0000; Maby some one could build a strech Spitfire with all thoes doors, that would be a cool thing to drive :-) Mabe I'll have a go with some photo package on a picture of my car and see what it would look; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00010.html (7,866 bytes)
82. Re: Spit/GT6 door for sale (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 06:39:09 +0000; I think a strech Spitfire would stop the over-steer problem. I was thinking of putting a large targar top on it. Wonder what the turning circle would be in it? -- James Carpenter Yellow '79 spit wire; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00029.html (7,938 bytes)
83. Re: do we have a corner here ? (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 06:57:05 +0000; If people stayed relevant most of the people who "Experts" on this list would probably leave. I think you have to view both the Triumph and Spitfire list as not just car problems, but the whole cultu; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00030.html (7,790 bytes)
84. Re: Achieving greatness (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 14:38:52 +0000; Scrub the Honda's from your list, you could be one yourself if you have a very young spit. When did Triumph get used by Honda for the Acclaim? BTW. The acclaim 1600 is the only triumph to use a HIF S; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00050.html (6,553 bytes)
85. Re: Hercules Needs A Brain! (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 13:41:08 +0000; Having just chainged the bushes myself a MUCH easer method of getting them out is to get a tube with a diameter slightly gater than that of the metal bush tube on the A arm. Then a two washers. One s; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00170.html (7,273 bytes)
86. Re: What's in a Name (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 11:59:28 +0000; Once car's reach a certain age, or status then do need names other than the blue car or the white car. The three car's that we have had in our house to acheve a named status were. A Fiat 126 600cc na; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00171.html (7,102 bytes)
87. Re: HP? (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 13:29:19 +0000; MKIII or MKIV engin? The MKIII engin has the smaller bearings that give less resistance. The MKIII was rated at about 75BHP, but becase the tourque was less than the 1500 the acceleration was down. T; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00172.html (7,066 bytes)
88. Re: Spitfire Driveshaft U-joints (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 06:36:34 +0000; My car has one of the same. It's a seald unit, the prop(drive)shaft goes into a cup, there is a rubber bood between the wall of the cup and the propshaft, half an inch in. The cup has a eliptical sec; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00183.html (7,506 bytes)
89. Re: Hand Brake (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 06:42:48 +0000; I'm glad someone has atlast got a worse car than mine:-) The next vital purchace is the BL 1500 Workshop Manual. You can certanly get it from TRGB in the UK. There no is (+44/0)1487 842168 fax 740274; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00197.html (7,118 bytes)
90. Re: Spitfire Driveshaft U-joints (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 14:05:22 +0000; Your car has an over-drive? I think my car was once converted to an overdrive, certanly the chassis mount plate is of the overdrive type. I think my car has a longer nonstandad gearbox extender/remot; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00200.html (7,612 bytes)
91. Re: lubricants help, and other maintenance (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 06:45:28 +0000; Just out of compleate coincidence I was reading in the TSSC an artical about putting a hall effect (magnetic) ignition into a vittess. With standad coil the gaps went from 25 to 30-32 thou. There wer; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00219.html (7,303 bytes)
92. Overdrive /non overdrive box length (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 07:48:37 +0000; I briefly held my overdrive by the gearbox extension in the car. It seemed to me that my overdrive was the same length as my non standad gearbox extension. What I wan't to know is the length of the e; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00241.html (7,744 bytes)
93. Re: embarassing moment (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 12:41:47 +0000; Weld up the door, and make the pasangers jump in! -- James Carpenter Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00256.html (6,347 bytes)
94. Insurance Stupidity. (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 12:49:13 +0000; Rang up footman james last night about there insurance. Here's what they quoted. Me 21 Spitfire 1500 fully comp 390 pounds. With 1300 Spifire engin 320 pounds. With herald 13/60 engin 400 pounds plus; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00257.html (6,692 bytes)
95. Engin's (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 12:58:14 +0000; Phoned up a local garage that specialises in clasic car's with regards to getting my MOT done there. Hopefully they should know what to look for and what not to look for. I happened to ask if they sc; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00258.html (6,816 bytes)
96. Shock ID (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 13:06:44 +0000; Took the rear shocks out of my car. On the top "Warning Pressurised" On ths side bottom "BOGE26223G021H" Are theses better or worse than my oil bath non pressurised replacements. -- James Carpenter Y; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00259.html (6,590 bytes)
97. Re: Engin's (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 06:35:25 +0000; I am talking about the late 1300 engine, the one with the 1500 sized main bearings. The insurance would go sky high if I did that. Plus the 1300 no matter how much power still does not have the torqu; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00273.html (6,800 bytes)
98. Re: Shock ID (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 06:38:47 +0000; I'm saveing the old ones, I hove found that they can be compressed at any rate, but to pull them up faster than they spring up is a real pain. I'm saveing theses ones so that I can swap them back to; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00274.html (6,659 bytes)
99. Re: Insurance... (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 06:41:13 +0000; You should see what the under 21 thing was like. Best I could get was 750 pounds from normal insurance. -- James Carpenter Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00275.html (6,472 bytes)
100. Re: Tips Required for the Database (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 06:54:15 +0000; Came up with this one yesterday! Took the day off work to finish up the car. Refitting your steering rack bushes? After the 'U' bolts have been removed they need pushing away from each other. Hence m; /html/spitfires/1998-07/msg00295.html (7,466 bytes)

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