Well, after much suffering, swearing, and general bad
feeling I got the spitfire shell on the GT6 frame. It seems I
was the victim of several forces coming together at once.
First off, I forgot that British cars were not really built
that precisely. Second, the car is old. Third, my Spit had
been in an accident. After much playing around, I found I
could get all the holes to line up except the driver's side
front outrigger. This is where the car had been hit. I opted
(and I am somewhat embarrassed to admit it) to enlarge the
mounting holes. The only other alternative would have been to
move the outrigger. I still think there is something amiss here.
When I measured my spit frame, it was definitely different from
the drawings in the Bentley manual.
I have a fair amount of Spitfire stuff looking for a
good home as well as a few other goodies.
spitfire:
Frame (79 model, rust free!)
Front suspension
Calipers, rear wheel cylinders
(good pads and shoes included)
Later slant type radiator
doors (very nice)
Header coupled with a stock exhaust system
(This is in great shape)
More stupid rims than I care to admit
(two are the GT6 style I think)
Rather stiff steering rack
New front springs
Very nice bonnet
Lots of little things...
Misc. stuff:
triumph 6 cylinder block and head.
(I took the crank and rods)
I'm asking 25% of whatever the current catalog prices
are if you insist. Otherwise, make an offer (read- offer me
enough to make it worth my time to mail the stuff I'm not
trying to make any money)I'll send them to the scrap yard in a
few weeks, I can't keep 'em here.
woodruff@caen.engin.umich.edu
P.S. I need a GT6 mkIII hood (bonnet). I would definitely
trade for one.
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