Hi Andy .
Thanks for the information and sincere apologies for not responding earlier
. I returned to the office on Monday 15 Jan. and it's taken me up till now
to read through all the mail and finish a few urgent chores . Man , I really
hate work ! Maybe I need a holiday ... again :-)
Nope , I won't be replicating a GT4 or Le Mans Spitfire since I gave the
hard top kit to a fellow Spitfire owner . Guess it was a bit stupid , but (
in my defence ) he didn't have a soft or hard top .
I don't have a thin-gauge steel chassis ( unless a rusty chassis qualifies
as one :-) and I won't drill holes in a stock chassis . I have a steel "Le
Mans style" bonnet , but if it's not the correct one , the pricey alloy
replica will definitely be too pricey for me anyway .
What is meant by a 70X or 79X engine ?
Kind regards
Chris de Wet
Telephone ( 012 ) 3398071 office or ( 012 ) 2591129 home
Cellphone 083 9989744
PO Box 472 , Ifafi , 0260 , South Africa .
'56 TR 3 , '62 Herald Coupe , '63 Spitfire , 2 x '64 Spitfires ,'65 Herald
convertible , '66 Spitfire Mk 2 .
-----Original Message-----
From: Herald948@aol.com [mailto:Herald948@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 5:58 PM
To: DeWetC1@sapo.co.za; spitfire4@ix.netcom.com; t_c_wilson@bigfoot.com;
triumphs@autox.team.net; spitfire-enthusiast@egroups.com
Subject: Re: "GT4"
In a message dated 12/12/2000 9:32:21 AM Eastern Standard Time,
DeWetC1@sapo.co.za writes:
> What's needed to make a GT4 or Le Mans Spitfire ?
>
> About 3 years ago I obtained a Fiberglas hard top kit that , when fitted
,
> makes an early ( Mk 1 to Mk 3 ) Spitfire look like a GT6 .
That's a good start. All you need now is the thin-gauge steel chassis (or a
"stock" one with lots of lightening holes drilled into it, depending on
which
version you're trying to replicate), some alloy panels, an eight-port-head
"70X" 1147 engine with the dual Weber carbs (or a "79X" 1296 engine, again
depending on the version you want), a set of those nifty wheels....
At least there is a nice alloy replica "Le Mans style" bonnet available now
from Jigsaw Racing in the UK. A bit pricey, but worth it, I'm sure....
--Andy Mace
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