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261. RE: GT6 Carpet (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 09:26:21 -0000; Hi Roger, Unless things have changed recently, the ONLY moulded Spitfire and GT6 carpet sets are manufactured by Newton Commercial. These have always been tufted pile, Newton maintain that there is; /html/spitfires/2007-01/msg00015.html (8,053 bytes)
262. RE: GT6 Carpet (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:48:04 -0000; Hi Jim, It's quite unlike the original carpet in appearance, and yes, certainly too modern looking to my eye. I'm not knocking it, there's no doubt it's streets ahead of anything else available (in; /html/spitfires/2007-01/msg00017.html (7,529 bytes)
263. RE: GT6 Carpet (score: 1): Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:26:34 -0000; Hi Nick, That's a pretty good description of the difference. I guess you can visualise how different both types look in the cars. "The lady doth protest too much", Cheers, Bill. Rarebits4classics ..; /html/spitfires/2007-01/msg00019.html (7,501 bytes)
264. RE: [Spit] Noise in frount end (score: 1): Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:19:11 +0100; Creaking can be down to corrosion and fatigue in the threaded portion of the vertical link. If this has been neglected and/or greased (rather than oiled) in the past, pitting can start at the top of; /html/spitfires/2007-06/msg00005.html (7,446 bytes)
265. RE: [Spit] Oiling front trunnions (score: 1): Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:47:01 +0100; Having owned close to 100 vehicles with the Herald/Spitfire front suspension design, I have taken apart more than my fair share of these. One thing which is unarguable is that regular maintenance usi; /html/spitfires/2007-06/msg00030.html (8,190 bytes)
266. Re: [Spits] Spitfire Header (score: 1): Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:58:27 +0100; This cast twin-pipe manifold has a very poor reputation here in the UK. The downpipe gasket is liable to blowing with monotonous regularity. I always recommend losing that manifold as one of the bes; /html/spitfires/2007-08/msg00036.html (7,667 bytes)
267. [Spits] Outer doorglass weatherstrips - anyone have an original (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:02:32 +0100; A customer recently suggested that the currently available doorglass outer weatherstrips, part number 612792, are shorter than the originals. These parts are either made on original tooling, or they; /html/spitfires/2007-10/msg00008.html (7,961 bytes)
268. Re: [Spits] Outer doorglass weatherstrips - anyone have an (score: 1): Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 11:29:42 +0100; Hi Nolan, I don't know who supplies the seals to TRF, being in the UK I rarely get to see TRF product. This isn't familiar. Do the TRF seals have the shaped ends to match the skin? What about the two; /html/spitfires/2007-10/msg00010.html (8,014 bytes)
269. Re: [Spits] Outer doorglass weatherstrips - anyone have an (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 08:49:19 +0100; Thanks Larry, That ties up with other measurements I've been given. I will make the effort to find out an original used seal in the UK, to show to the manufacturers. They claim that the short seals a; /html/spitfires/2007-10/msg00012.html (9,363 bytes)
270. Re: [Spits] Tire cracking (score: 1): Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:10:02 +0100; Hi Matt, Your call. The following was published in the newsletter of the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs - it may provide some food for thought: "23 May After a fatal accident, FBHVC sa; /html/spitfires/2007-10/msg00039.html (9,087 bytes)
271. Re: [Spits] Tire cracking (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:17:31 +0100; Yet so many people are determined to avoid this "overly-paranoid inspection system" at all costs. A few years ago I bought a Triumph Vitesse to break for parts. The car was quite appalling, yet had; /html/spitfires/2007-10/msg00040.html (7,866 bytes)
272. Re: [Spits] [TR] spit suspension question (score: 1): Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:54:30 -0000; Going off on a tangent here, has anyone experimented with the heavy duty Herald spring on a swing-spring Spitfire? This is an OE spring rated at 552lb/in, with a much reduced arch. On a Herald this i; /html/spitfires/2007-11/msg00050.html (9,112 bytes)
273. Re: [Spits] [TR] spit suspension question (score: 1): Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:15:43 -0000; Hi Joe, That's really not the case with the HD spring. I have driven Courier Vans extensively and found that in standard well maintained trim, they will out handle most equivalents with trick suspen; /html/spitfires/2007-11/msg00060.html (9,287 bytes)
274. Re: [Spits] OD Mount (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:23:28 -0000; I'm afraid it's a matter of parts quality. The vertical part of the overdrive mounting originally had a formed loop on the bottom face. This was sunk into a rubber bed, itself surrounded by a U-chan; /html/spitfires/2007-11/msg00088.html (7,465 bytes)
275. Re: [Spits] Timing chain cover nut (score: 1): Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:00:58 -0000; Lots of suggestions which I can't argue against, but I can honestly say the crankshaft pulley nut has never given me any great difficulty. I use the correct socket, together with a large (2-foot plus; /html/spitfires/2008-01/msg00013.html (8,288 bytes)
276. Re: [Spits] A movie NOT for Triumph fans - (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 10:09:29 +0100; While I can't comment on this particular case, every so often I get contacted by film and television companies looking for this kind of "prop". Their requirements are usually pretty simple - any sta; /html/spitfires/2008-05/msg00015.html (8,568 bytes)
277. Re: [Spits] Frame swap on Spitfire (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 23:59:15 +0100; Not strictly true. While the basic frame is the same, the front bar and bonnet pivot points were substantially different on the roundtail cars, ie all those cars with the fixed rear spring. The fram; /html/spitfires/2008-05/msg00020.html (7,731 bytes)
278. Re: [Spits] rear axles & u joints (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:08:24 +0100; You will need a selection of circlips to get the correct thicknesses, they WILL NOT be included as part of a UJ kit common to numerous other applications. Most applications do not require the tight; /html/spitfires/2008-06/msg00038.html (7,885 bytes)
279. Re: [Spits] Spitfire build quantity (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:44:12 +0100; Mike Costigan quotes a figure of 548,291 for total production of all Herald types. Adding in his Vitesse figure of 51,230 still falls short at 599,521. Considerably more than the Spitfires whichever; /html/spitfires/2008-07/msg00031.html (7,118 bytes)
280. Re: [Spits] Grommets (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:46:57 +0100; The heater drain flap is a push-fit into a slot in the bodywork, there should be no need for glue. As far as I am aware, the flap has not been reproduced by any manufacturer, at least not on the Bri; /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00070.html (7,988 bytes)

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