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Re: YyeeeEESSsss! I'm an lbc owner!

To: "Douglas Frank" <frank@zk3.dec.com>, "Spitfire Mailing List" <spitfires@autox.team.net>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: YyeeeEESSsss! I'm an lbc owner!
From: "David A Templeton" <davidt@opentext.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 14:37:45 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
References: <37EFB78C.A3473E56@zk3.dec.com>
Congrats on the find!

As for the front end shakes, I was at the Bronte Creek LBC show two weeks
ago and talked with the only 2 GT6 owners ( common conversation :-) ) and
they said that thier sixes also had the shakes.  One had the driveshaft
rebalanced and the other was working on the front trunnions.

My "spit-six" shakes at 100kph( 60mph) and I am getting convinced to have
the driveshaft checked.

I hope this helps as a starting point.

David A. Templeton
mailto:davidt@opentext.com

74 Spitfire "Spit-Six"  Comm #: FM10491U
running a '73 MkIII GT6 engine KF1951HE.

----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
To: Triumphcars <Triumphcars@onelist.com>; Triumphs
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 2:29 PM
Subject: YyeeeEESSsss! I'm an lbc owner!


>
> I just bought a GT6 yesterday!  I've been looking for a few months now and
> finally found one that I could afford, and that was driveable (sort of).
It's
> in Memphis TN, and the PO is doing the delivery-- how can I complain?
>
> Oh, it has its problems--
>
> serious front end shake (probly ball joints or bearings, not sure) that
seems
> to go away at highway speeds
>
> rt. halfshaft seal leaks a bit
>
> coupla snotloads of bondo, but not in critical areas
>
> it has a stock GT6 gas tank, i.e. it's a   D E A T H T R A P   in a
> rear-ender-- so in goes a racing fuel cell, first thing.
>
> wish us luck!
> --
> Douglas Frank  Compaq Computer Corp.
> ZKO            110 Spit Brook Rd.
> DTN 264-0501   Nashua, NH  USA  03062
>
> '73 GT6 KF20642U  (needs a name-- "Proud Mary" tops the list so far)


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