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1. GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 03:57:54 -0000; Personally, I think I leave you all to fight it out among yourselves and go for a Hurricane instead. Having watched this thread for the last 48 hours or so, I've been in tears of laughter watching yo; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00441.html (11,976 bytes)
2. Re: GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:54:57 +1000; Big Snip Feel better now?; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00443.html (8,276 bytes)
3. RE: GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 15:58:37 -0000; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00477.html (9,308 bytes)
4. Re: GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 10:34:53 -0700; Hello John: You have made some excellent points. However as the one who is "talking out of his armpit" you have agreed with my point regarding the durability of the engines. The MGB engine was improv; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00489.html (15,251 bytes)
5. Re: GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 10:19:09 -0800; I see nowhere in your very impressive list of vehicles any Spitfires. Again, I implore you to purchase one and see for yourself what the attraction is. Don't assume that because there are many peopl; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00493.html (9,653 bytes)
6. Re: GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 22:13:26 -0500; Well, John, that's great, but I think you're overstating the "unreliability" of the 1500. Maybe it's an overstroked version of a smaller engine, but the worst engineering oversight with regard to the; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00550.html (10,310 bytes)
7. Re: GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 18:54:42 -0800; I wonder what happened to the MBC????? Joe Curry -- "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country coast to coast without seeing anything." -- Charles Kural; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00551.html (11,298 bytes)
8. Re: GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 00:02:22 -0500; MGB-GT-V8. No question. -- Trevor Boicey Ottawa, Canada tboicey@brit.ca http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00556.html (8,232 bytes)
9. Re: GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 06:34:53 -0500; What about the TR8? -- George Richardson '57 TR3, TS15559L (getting ready to paint - and now on the web!) http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00560.html (8,710 bytes)
10. RE: GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:21:29 -0000; That is probably because you are living in speed regulated countrys. Ask German Spit 1500 owners, Spit were trashed on the Autobahn when they were new-ish and by many unsupecting later owners and th; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00679.html (8,658 bytes)
11. Re: GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 08:00:42 -0500; Not only that, didn't the Midgets equipped with 1500 engines have a higher rear end ratio, causing the engine to rev higher, and leading them to an even earlier grave? -- Martin Secrest 74 Spitfire 7; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00689.html (9,613 bytes)
12. Re: GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 13:55:53 +1100 (EST); For what it's worth, I once saw a broken Spitfire crankshaft on the floor of a shop. The owner had complained about a horrible noise from the engine. When the bearings were removed, the crank fell o; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00785.html (7,820 bytes)
13. Re: GMB versus Firespit (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 00:13:19 -0500; Yeah, on two cylinders (or one, maybe), the car hardly runs at all. More proof of the pudding, eh? --; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00796.html (8,258 bytes)

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