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Re: TR heck

To: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Subject: Re: TR heck
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 11:35:55 -0800
Cc: "Gambony, Jim" <jim.gambony@eds.com>, "'Arthur H. Smith'" <arthurhsmith@compuserve.com>, triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
References: <Pine.WNT.3.95.990224142541.-21143K-100000@win2431.nysed.gov>
Hey Andy, 
Do you need a perfectly good 1500 frame to go under that Spit?  All you
gotta do is get it there.

Come on, take it off my hands.  I won't be transporting it to Tucson and
I hate to see it go to the Scrap yard.

Anybody?

Joe

Andrew Mace wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Gambony, Jim wrote:
> 
> > Arthur,
> >
> > 13" tube?  About $8 at the local tire store...  <bg>
> >
> > Ohhh, you mean "tub".  What vintage do you need?  That'll can have a big
> > effect on the price....  Expect anywhere from $100 up for a MkIV/1500 shell.
> >
> > Unless Andy M wants to clean out his farm  :-)
> 
> "Andy M, Andy M" ... sounds like something out of "The Wizard of Oz,"
> doesn't it? :-)
> 
> Sad to say that the only relatively solid Spitfire tub I have lurking in
> the weeds or elsewhere about was, er, modified years ago in the RR by a
> mid-size Pontiac -- so hard a hit that the chassis frame (pre-rear
> extensions, BTW) was sprung beyond repair. But the doors still opened.
> (Triumph had crumple zones before crumple zones were cool!)
> 
> Thanks for the though, Jim, but I'm afraid I can't help Art.
> 
> --Andy
> 
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