Ross, how early is early? My TR-6 is a 72. I would think they would
have had this worked out by then. Of course, it could have been a case
of just grabbing any part that worked!
Joe Burlein
72 TR-6
Melbourne, FL
On 25 Jul 1997, Vincenti, Ross wrote:
> Joseph Burlein wrote:
> I was going to ask about this topic myself. I am pulling the rubber
> bushings and replacing with poly so decided to replace the spings all
> around too . When I tried to install the new front springs, they wouldn't
> fit and there wasn't a rubber spring pad up there. It turned out the
> rubber spring pad was under an aluminum spacer. With the years of grime on
> there is looked like it was originally part of the car. The spacer is not
> that thick, maybe something on the order of a 1/16 of an inch. Anyone out
> there have an idea what this would be for? I have not reinstalled them
> yet. But, I still don't have the car down off the jack stands yet either!
> ++++++++++++++
> Joseph - During the early years of Spitfire production runs the factory was
> inadvertently shipped a batch of springs that were the wrong length - i.e.,
> too short. The "short" springs have a dab of light blue paint on them
> (clean off all the grime and you'll see it) versus the "normal" height
> springs which have a dab of green paint on them.
>
> In order to make up the height difference the factory fitted some early
> Spits with an aluminum spring spacer that fits on top of the spring and
> under the turrent. My 64 Mk I Spit had them, but I removed them during my
> restoration because I wanted the car to be a little lower in front. You
> are correct, the spacers are about 1/4 inch thick. All of this is
> discussed in John Thomason's book on Triumph Spitfires and GT-6s.
> Ross D. Vincenti
> Asst. General Counsel/Asst. Sec'ty.
> Transamerica Home Loan - Legal Division
> Los Angeles, CA 90015
> (213) 742-4756
> (213) 741-6945 or 742-4010 fax
> ross.vincenti@transamerica.com
> 64 Spitfire 4
> 64 Porsche 356C coupe
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