How far have I gone in my Spitfire? Well, I had this girlfriend and one
time in my first Spitfire, we.....Oops! That's not what you meant.
Uhh...so far, three blocks in my current Spit. Not as far as the first one.
;-)
Terry Banbury
Mk III
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> From: Mike Welch[SMTP:mikew@turbopower.com]
> Reply To: Mike Welch
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 2:19 PM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Long distance Spits
>
>
> Longest I've done is about 900 miles from Ft.Rucker, AL up to Ft.Eustis,
> VA
> back in '86. Me and an army buddy were transferred and went in my '78
> Spitfire. 4 duffle bags strapped down on the luggage rack. The only
> problem we had was about 50 miles from Eustis we took the top down and
> stowed it in the trunk, about 5 minutes later we ran into a storm and
> couldn't get the duffle bags untied fast enough to get the top out. Had
> about 2 inches of standing water in the floor boards.
> On a side note, the engine blew when I was there, and I ended up leaving
> the car in the Ft.Eustis gas station parking lot when I was transferred
> out.
>
> Mike Welch
> http://home.turbopower.com/~mikew
> '68+/- Triumph Spitfire
> '60 Jaguar MkII 3.8 auto
> '87 Jeep Cherokee
> '96 GMC Suburban
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SJagGo@aol.com [mailto:SJagGo@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 11:58 AM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Long distance Spits
>
>
>
> Greetings:
> What's the farthest drive any of you have taken in your Spitfires?
> My personal best, no CO-driver has been 6100 miles, including the last
> 1500
> (Lava Hot Springs, ID to Springfield, IL) stopping only for gas, oil, and
> fast foods. That's what the 1500 really stands for-1500 miles.
>
> The quirkiest has been Springfield to Macon, MO to Columbia, MO to St.
> Louis
>
> back to Springfield. Over 500 miles. Why? A girlfriend called and
> wanted
> to go for a drive. "How far?" I asked. "Till I say to turn back," was her
>
> reply. She fell asleep about 50 miles out and never told me to turn back
> until she woke up near Macon. We ate a very late dinner at a country bar
> with live band in Macon and headed home by way of St. Louis. Great
> sunrise-darn those bucket seats and parking brake handle!
>
> If you've gone 1500+ miles, what breakdowns occurred. In my case, the
> gasket
> between the head exhaust pipe and the exhaust manifold blew out. Found
> one
> in Missoula, Montana. A couple thousand miles later on the return trip,
> the
>
> headpipe broke away from the flange attaching to the exhaust manifold. I
> had
> it welded in Arlington, Oregon.
> Bill Brockschmidt
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