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Re: Tulsa to Calgary in a Spitfire

To: woodruff@pow.engin.umich.edu
Subject: Re: Tulsa to Calgary in a Spitfire
From: whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (sohl,william h)
Date: 17 Aug 1992 15:50 EDT
>       First, is there any weak point to your engine?  If there is,
>bring parts associated with it.  I'd bring a cap, rotor, spare plugs,
>new belt, and electrical repair stuff.  I had a rocker adjustment
>fly apart.  Bring spare nuts and bolts.  Don't forget to grease
>all of the suspension components before you go.  make sure you have
>a good set of balanced tires too.  bring as many tools as you can
>along with a flashlight and some stuff to wash your hands with.
>woodruff@caen.engin.umich.edu

Guess I'm the eternal optomist, but if the car is well maintained,
there really isn't much (except for some tools) that I'd bring.

Fan belts can be had anywhere for a Spitfire and there isn't much that
can go wrong with a spark plug, especially if you have new ones in it.
The distributor cap and rotar are probably a good idea, they don't take 
much room.  If you have a new rotar and cap on the car, just bring the
old ones in a bag.  

Otherwise, if the Spitfire (or any other lBC) has been properly
attended to on a maintenance basis, I can't think of anything else
to bring without encroaching on the little storage space in the
car as it is.

I would carry a TRF parts manual just in case, or at least the TRF
800 numbers.


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