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To: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A), spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: spit4 cranks & radio
From: Llarry Brandon <lbrandon@cyberhighway.net>
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 16:32:29 -0600
I've got a '65 Spitfire.  Does anyone know what the original window cranks
on this model looked like?  I am missing one.  The one I have left has a
black plastic knob with the chrome end showing through the center of it. It
has a hard dark plastic escutheon underneath it.    When a replacement
crank I ordered came, it was all chrome, knob and all.  I'd like to pursue
finding what was the original style of crank that came on this car.  If
anyone knows, thanks in advance.

Question #2 -  Was there a factory radio that came as an option?  If so is
there anyplace to get one today, or one like it?   What kind of antenna and
where was it mounted?  Where did they put the speaker?  Any replacements
available?

Thanks for any help.....

Hope to keep all original,

Larry     


At 03:25 PM 5/26/98, Bowen, Patrick A wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I just got my '79 Spit back on the road after dealing with some DPO
>problems.  While checking out some body problems in the trunk I discovered
>that it has been hit in the back at some point in the past (I have only had
>the car two months)  What I originally thought was rust metal is actually a
>very bad repair job where the mechanic couldn't get the seams to match up
>and so he simply left big gaps with weld beads stretching across them.
>Here is my question - inside the trunk on both sides, just inboard of the
>bumper supports there are two bolts or rubber pieces,  these are connected
>to two supports on the underside of the car that are shaped like a "C", I
>assumed this was a reinforcing plate for jacking - strange spot though.
>The problem is that each of these spots have been pushed up into the trunks
>floor pan causing some serious distortion.  Is this a case of jacking in
>these positions and pushing the pan up or am I looking at some more serious
>problems.
>
>Patrick Bowen
>'79 Spitfire
>
>
>

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