I've never had a Spit that left me high and dry and too far from home.
(Well, except for this oil pressure issue of this week...) I once lost 1st
and 3rd coming home from my sister's in Hollywood, one dark and rainy
night-but, I made it home!
Laura
Vita brevis est: rapide agite, vigore strigate!
----- Original Message -----
From: Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.) <dmitchel@ford.com>
To: 'Jeff McNeal' <jmcneal@ohms.com>; Spifires Autox Team
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 6:38 AM
Subject: RE: Why Worry??
>
> Jeff,
>
> In nearly 25 years of owning my Spitfire, there have been only 4
> times that it has been unable to complete the journey that has been
> handed to it. It has traveled throughout England and Wales, been
> through Germany and Belgium, and that was in it's first four years.
> The last 23 years have seen it go from New Jersey to Ohio, to Michigan
> and Illinois. To Canada and Pennsylvania. If you prepare the car
> correctly, you won't need to do any work on the side of the road.
> As someone else wrote, and as we used to say in my racing days,
> anything you have a spare for won't go bad.
>
> A friend of mine once said of driving British cars, each trip is an
> adventure and we all need a little adventure in our lives.
>
> BTW, the four times the car failed to get me home? Each and every
> time it was the clutch. Although one time it was also the gearbox.
> Blew the input and layshaft while autocrossing not to mention tearing
> out the center of the driven disc.
>
> AA, AAA and the help of friends got the car home each time.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Doug Mitchell
> dmitchel@ismi.net
> dmitchel@ford.com
> '73 Spitfire 1500
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff McNeal [mailto:jmcneal@ohms.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 11:14 PM
> > To: BILL McDEVITT; Spifires Autox Team
> > Subject: Re: Why Worry??
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > I just want to be prepared. After being stuck for awhile the
> > other night,
> > I've decided that I don't want that "helpless" feeling again.
> > Besides, I
> > like the idea of being able to work on my car, leaking oil
> > all over the
> > public roadside, as opposed to my garage floor. HEY! What
> > about those
> > neoprene oil pan gaskets!! I'll keep one of them in the trunk, too!
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Jeff in San Diego
> >
> > '67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
> > Jeff's Classic '67 Spitfire Mk3 site
> > http://www.ohms.com/spitfire/spitfire.shtml
> > home of the NEW Totally Triumph Auction
> > "By Triumph enthusiasts, for Triumph enthusiasts"
> > http://www.ohms.com/cgi-bin/TRauction.cgi
> >
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