Hello Michael,
Welcome to the Triumph list, and congratulations on your Spitfire. There are
some very knowledgeable people here, and I've gotten some wonderful gems of
information.
Regarding the "Off side" being lower. If I interpret that correctly, the
driver's side is higher than the passenger side. This is certainly true of
my TR3 when nobody is in the car, and I believe I read that this is normal.
It was designed that way so that when the driver alone (no passenger) is in
the car, it is then level. British ingenuity.
Sumner Weisman
62 TR3B TSF263L
"You don't have to be crazy, but it helps."
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 20:38:35 +0000
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Subject: Introduction
Dear All,
Hi. I'm new here. I bought my first Triumph last weekend (Spitfire
1500, registration DHO 36S, Commission Number FH1056710, Engine Number
YC49683HEA, Inca Yellow), and thought I'd better plug into the mailing
list network in the hope of finding a crowd of sympathetic and
knowledgeable people to support me in my "insanity". (I quote my
wife).
I have a couple of questions that are perplexing me at the moment, and
would appreciate any guidance anyone might be able to offer.
Firstly, is it possible to adjust the fit of the bit of bodywork that
the front bumper fits onto? (I'd call it a valance, but what do I
know?) I can't find any reference to this in the Haynes manual (not
even the proper name for it), and the one on my Spit is definitely lop-
sided - jammed up against the bonnet on the off-side, and an inch-and-a-
half or more away on the near-side. The bonnet is fitted correctly in
relation to the rest of the car.
Secondly, the off-side of the car is a good inch or two lower than the
near-side, which gives the car a very weird appearance when cornering
the wrong way (not to mention when parked). What could have caused
this? How do I fix it? Apparently the car has been like this for at
least the last seven years...
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