Hi,
Congrats on the new addition, Im sure it will bring you years of fun.
<smaller><smaller><<FLAME ON>
</smaller></smaller>That is if you DONT do any goofy things to it like
put a V-6 in it, how about just making it..... say a Triumph Spitfire.
Not a show car, not a strip car, just a plain ole Spitfire.......
There are plenty of performance items that you can add and do to it to
get the rubber flying without going GEARHEAD NUTS on the poor thing..
<smaller><smaller><<FLAME OFF>
</smaller></smaller>Anyway, good luck on whatever you plan to do with it.
Im sure you will love it all the same. Have fun
Stay Cool
At 04:35 PM 8/3/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Good Afternoon :)
>
>Just wanted to say hello, as I am a new member of your list. This
past
>Sunday, I bought a 1972 Spitfire Mk IV as a project car, and wanted to
get
>on a list where I can get information etc on common pitfalls, and the
like.
>
>Can anyone tell me where a good place to start is? The car is in very
good
>shape for it's age, the sheetmetal is all straight with no rust-out
spots,
>some surface rust, but the engine needs to be rebuild. Plan on this
>weekend taking about 100 polaroid pictures of everything to document
how
>the car is supposed to be put together so when the time comes to
reassemble
>it, we will have point of reference to look back on.
>
>I have to say I am somewhat torn, however. In the spirit of the car, I
am
>inclined to restore it back to factory condition. On the other hand,
I
>already own a show car, and have been seriously thinking about making
this
>car another show car. Does anyone have any information on engine
swaps
>for, say, small V6's?
>
>Hope to hear from you all soon,
>Bob Perciaccante
>
>
NA Campiglia III
Abilene, TX
http://camalott.com/~spitdrvr
'67 MkIII, '74 1500, '76 1500
Triumphs and Homebrew, what else could you want?
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