Well Umm---It's all there!!---Wow, you know that is a fine example of a
unmolested 79 spit,my hat is off to you for finding one in such original
condition.
Thanks for sharing the Pics with us
Brooks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Reilly" <Luckyone@sympatico.ca>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 12:26 AM
Subject: I lifted the bonnet and.....?
> Hey List,
>
> Bought a 1979 spitfire just recently, took a few days to get it "home".
> Washed off the body as it was white from the NY roadsalt, and proceeded to
> check out my new spit. Marvelling over the superb condition of the body &
> Frame, I opened the trunk to rummage through all the "spares" that came
> with the car. I removed the seats from the dirty interior and proceeded
> to vaccum the carpet and crevices, again marvelling at the nearly pristine
> floorpans.
>
> By then it was getting dark, so I made it a day and went to sleep.
>
> Next day I got up and prepared to start cleaning up the spitfire again.
> Opening the side catches, I grabbed one of the wheelwells and started
> opening the bonnet on its pivoting hinges. With a faint screech, it came
> to a halt at its maximum height, lightly resting on its stay rod. I
peeked
> under the hood and an expression of horror crossed my face - just what the
> heck was that? It looked British, yet IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ON LIFE
> SUPPORT!! So many tubes and hoses! It was like a lone ship in a sea of
> serpents! So this is what a Californian spit looks like?!?? How am I
> supposed to find my way through this labyrinth o' hell? My first reflex
> was to run for the engine hoist and yank that sucka, but it was
> "preoccupied". Disgusted, I shut the bonnet and ran for the T.V., promptly
> shifting channels 'till I hit Robotwars. My mind quickly drifted from the
> repugnant sights of past, as it enveloped itself in robot carnage. I
vowed
> never to let that happen to a motor of mine. I would pull the plug before
> letting it slowly and painfuly die, its lifeblood sucked away by the
> parisitic devices that had attached themselves in droves.
>
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/luckyone/triumphlist/dcplist.jpg
>
> Steve Reilly
> '70 GT6's
> '70 TR6
> '79 Spit
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