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81. Re: Mk3 Windshield Wipers (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 13:08:40 -0500; Many NAPA stores carry 11" blades in their "classic" (or some such named) line. --Andy Mace; /html/spitfires/2004-01/msg00021.html (7,043 bytes)
82. Re: Spit body lifting (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:19:40 EST; According to the Herald/Spitfire factory workshop manual, one makes lifting brackets to replace those for the bonnet catches. Then one attaches one's "lifting tackle" to those two points and to "the; /html/spitfires/2004-01/msg00063.html (8,278 bytes)
83. Re: Making a Spit bonnet fit a GT6 (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 09:34:20 -0500; Steve replied: Several years ago, a friend and I "rescued" a very rusty but mostly complete "Mk1" GT6 from a junkyard, where it had spent a dozen or so years atop a shed roof (go figure)! We wondered; /html/spitfires/2003-12/msg00015.html (8,022 bytes)
84. Re: Restoration project on Ebay, trans wanted (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:12:25 -0500; Cool! And originally one of my favorite round-tail Spitfire colors: Jasmine Yellow. But then, the Kaiser Manhattan in the background looks pretty cool, too.... :-) --Andy (no more projects for me, pl; /html/spitfires/2003-12/msg00030.html (7,409 bytes)
85. Re: Spitfire/GT6 center dash interchangeability? (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:19:22 -0500; Ken, yes, it will work. I assume, from your description, that you have sourced a GT6 dash that happens to have had an oil pressure gauge installed? Originally, the GT6 had the same instrumentation as; /html/spitfires/2003-12/msg00052.html (7,643 bytes)
86. Re: L General running question (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:37:42 -0500; Jonmac replied: Agreed. But it also seems to me that the problem could simply be a bit of crud in said needle valve. If you're lucky, a shot of carb cleaner might cure the problem without any disasse; /html/spitfires/2003-12/msg00061.html (7,448 bytes)
87. Re: Transmission (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:41:20 EST; Joe, read the original message again. The second gearbox is a "KC" gearbox. If unaltered on the inside, etc., that means it's a GT6 gearbox, and in most cases the ratios simply aren't suitable for th; /html/spitfires/2003-12/msg00067.html (8,459 bytes)
88. Re: (no subject) (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:49:07 -0500; I'm sure someone can come up with one. Note, however, that they were NOT routinely fitted on the Mk3 "Federal" cars and really aren't needed. You might get lucky and find a good used set at a reasona; /html/spitfires/2003-11/msg00032.html (7,228 bytes)
89. Re: Rear suspension (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:57:14 -0500; Short answer? Yes. It requires welding the appropriate lower wishbone brackets to the existing chassis and working out the shock absorber issue. The original swing-axle shock mounting will foul the r; /html/spitfires/2003-11/msg00033.html (7,560 bytes)
90. Re: 64 MK2 Spitfire ??? & seltbelt mount question. (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:20:31 EST; Correct! Question for you: Does the "?" in each number above represent a number you can't read or prefer not to quote? I'm assuming yes based on the engine number you quoted. That would put it well i; /html/spitfires/2003-11/msg00065.html (9,831 bytes)
91. Re: 64 MK2 Spitfire ??? & seltbelt mount question. (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:51:16 EST; Just to clarify: the early (through Mk2) rear bumpers had overriders. The later Mk3 bumpers were mounted higher and had NO overriders. You'd also mentioned backup lights. Are they in addition to the; /html/spitfires/2003-11/msg00068.html (7,633 bytes)
92. Re: 70 spit w/ Stromberg (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:47:26 EST; All else being equal, this is a relatively quick, simple and not very expensive way of gaining about 10-15% power. SUs are really quite simple in and of themselves, not difficult to set up (balance); /html/spitfires/2003-11/msg00099.html (7,825 bytes)
93. Re: 70 Gt6+ Brake caliper (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:14:48 EST; Look in any "good" auto parts store. There are insert/bleed screw kits available just for this sort of problem. --Andy Mace *Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet? *Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a; /html/spitfires/2003-11/msg00109.html (7,641 bytes)
94. Re: Crank pulley (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 22:06:28 EDT; Bob, as a point of reference, for whatever it's worth, I checked an original 1972 Spitfire MkIV currently in my care (and for sale, but that's another story). I didn't actually measure anything, but; /html/spitfires/2003-10/msg00007.html (7,989 bytes)
95. Re: Is this a Triumph Herald? (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:56:37 -0400; Uh....NO! Windscreen frame is wrong. Not much else to judge from ,but it might be an early Honda Civic or something of that ilk. --Andy Mace; /html/spitfires/2003-10/msg00060.html (6,819 bytes)
96. Re: GT 6 Drivers door glass needed!!! OOOPS!!!!!!! (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 19:14:06 EDT; Well, yes...and no. There is no difference *per se*; the same part numbers (810042 for RH and 810041 for LH) are listed for all GT6s, according to the appropriate factory Spare Parts Catalogues. Howe; /html/spitfires/2003-09/msg00018.html (8,185 bytes)
97. Re: GT 6 Drivers door glass needed!!! OOOPS!!!!!!! (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 19:31:08 EDT; Apparently not, if the GT6 Mk3 Graphic (Parts) Catalogue is to be believed. I believe the changes to the roof for the Mk3 were seen mostly in the rear. But even the "back door" (as the SPC refers to; /html/spitfires/2003-09/msg00019.html (7,969 bytes)
98. Re: [RECOVERED] Oil pressure gauge (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:18:57 EDT; It's usually fed from the same hole in which the idiot light sender resides. "T" fittings are available should you wish to have both the gauge and the idiot light. --Andy Mace *Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is; /html/spitfires/2003-09/msg00033.html (7,497 bytes)
99. Re: Seatbelts & Early Spitfires (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 22:31:56 EDT; The change actually occured sometime after the introduction of the Mk2 model, I think somewhere in the FC55xxx range? Seems to me it would be a fair bit of work to fit the proper latches to the "B" p; /html/spitfires/2003-09/msg00077.html (9,139 bytes)
100. Re: Carb Linkage? (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:41:29 -0400; Actually, I believe that might be 1971 or later GT6 (a.k.a. Mk3 model). My August 1969-built 1970 model GT6+ has the linkage with those *!%^#%@ plastic ball-end links. --Andy Mace /// spitfires@autox; /html/spitfires/2003-09/msg00109.html (7,333 bytes)

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