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Re: Spitfire Reaction Plate

To: "Dianne & Ree G." <REEGURLEY@prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: Spitfire Reaction Plate
From: Bob Sykes <s1500@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 18:40:21 -0700
This "tie-rod" sounds like suspiciously like the "engine restraining
cable" which was fitted to '75-on US spec Spits.

> This bracket apparently supports a "tie-rod" to abate fore-and-aft movement
> of the power-unit and is only found on "some models," according to my older
> Haynes manual; at a quick look I didn't see it mentioned in either my new
> Haynes or recent Bentley.  My PO 74 (3-rail tranny w/o OD) didn't  have one;
> my currently owned 78 (single-rail with OD) DOES  have one.

-- 
Bob Sykes
"You can't beat your brains for entertainment."


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