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141. Re: Triumph S-10 Estate Wagon??? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:51:56 -0400 (); Hmmm, an old Standard Pennant Companion on a small Chevy pickup chassis? Naaaah... :-) This probably is the Triumph 10 (not S-10, not TR-10, just 10) Estate Wagon -- check out <http://www.vtr.org/Tri; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00429.html (7,897 bytes)
142. Re: Spit Longevity (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 14:37:43 -0400 (); Yes. In fact, were it not for the "D" registration and what certainly looks like the Mk.2 hood, I'd swear it was a Mk.3 Spitfire. That's pretty much what the rear of a Mk.3 looks like, including the; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00444.html (8,437 bytes)
143. Re: more help, please (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 14:51:06 -0400 (); Sorry, but I'm not absolutely sure I can picture the part you're describing. I probably have one, but I'd hate to send you a whole car piece-by-piece until we hit the right item! :-) Now if only you; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00445.html (8,449 bytes)
144. Re: Market-specific production variations (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:54:43 -0400 (EDT); Actually, John, we got over that separate indicator thing sometime in the mid-1950s. But we still can't seem to uniformly accept the idea of amber turn signals, or even separate bulbs for same, on al; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00453.html (8,682 bytes)
145. RE: VTR (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 23:27:19 -0400 (EDT); << We have made arrangements with the city of Portland to block off the street in front of the Holiday Inn (Spring Street) for 2 blocks for nose-in, angled parking of Triumphs only -- (take yer stink; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00455.html (7,393 bytes)
146. Re: Market-specific production variations (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 23:34:47 -0400 (EDT); OK, let me answer that with a quote from the great prophets Rogers & Hammerstein: "Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons; wise men never try. Some en-CHANTED evening...." O; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00456.html (8,517 bytes)
147. RE: Driveshaft (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 12:03:38 -0400 (); Then you wouldn't want a Herald or earlier Vitesse/Sports 6. Most of these cars had a giant drain pipe of a driveshaft, solid as a rock (ok, it really isn't solid, but hollow) save for the u-joints t; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00481.html (8,010 bytes)
148. Re: Dang furrin carz! (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:59:08 -0400 (); I don't want to talk about the Fairthorpe Electron Minor I let get away so many years ago. Too sad (long story short: car ultimately burned in barn fire -- did nothing at all good for that little tin; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00700.html (7,663 bytes)
149. Famous Spitfire owners? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:20:34 -0400 (); Help, all! I need a relatively quick reply on this (tell you what it's all about later). I'm trying to think of famous owners (past or present) of Spitfires, particularly the later (1971 on) models.; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00747.html (7,814 bytes)
150. Re: Rear top brake spring (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:41:43 -0400 (); I'll bite. What makes the '79 different from any other Spitfire? It's a bit tricky the first time one does this -- getting the shoes and springs together and getting the hand position right, and one; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00751.html (7,804 bytes)
151. Re: Rear top brake spring (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 13:37:17 -0400 (); No argument there. I think that straight section actually is there to clear (as in NOT interfere with) the business end of the wheel cylinder. But having done hundreds of brake shoe replacements on H; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00755.html (8,266 bytes)
152. Re: 79 spitfire, height problem (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 14:39:30 -0400 (); First, let's hope the new rear spring indeed was new and was correctly made. (Worn rear springs are the usual cause of this in later Spitfires.) It might be worn mounting bushes in the differential.; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00761.html (8,455 bytes)
153. Re: mk2 progress (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:59:13 -0400 (EDT); Or maybe it was an intent of the design, so that a lost nut wouldn't result in a bolt going completely away and letting the suspension collapse? Or you could remove the whole subassembly. It's not th; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00884.html (7,856 bytes)
154. Re: wheel interchange (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:26:28 -0400 (); No. The bolt pattern is smaller on the Spitfire (4 x 3.75") than the Midget (4 x 4"?). --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andrew Mace, President and * * 10/Herald/Vitesse (Sports; /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00144.html (6,947 bytes)
155. Re: 13" Spit hubcap? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 09:43:14 -0400 (); This would have been found on 1969 U.S. versions of the Spitfire. It's a modification of an old Dodge Dart wheel cover -- much as the earlier Herald/Spitfire optional "Air-Flow" wheel covers were a v; /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00183.html (7,328 bytes)
156. Re: stromberg carb, '75 Spitfire (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 20:14:23 -0400 (EDT); Can anyone advise Tom on his problem? Please make sure you reply to him at least (not to me). Thanks! --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andrew Mace, President and * * 10/Herald/V; /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00281.html (7,401 bytes)
157. Re: 6 speed Spitfire? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 22:36:40 -0400 (EDT); I'd have to assume it simply refers to overdrive working on both third and fourth gears, effectively giving you a six-speed gearbox. As I recall, that was the norm on the Spitfire OD gearbox. --Andy; /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00354.html (7,376 bytes)
158. Re: Spitfire mk3 in BRG? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 08:55:42 -0400 (EDT); Earlier Mk.3 Spitfires were available in Conifer, also known as Triumph Racing Green. Laurel seems to have replaced Conifer sometime in the 1969 model year. --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *; /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00423.html (7,574 bytes)
159. Re: Spitfire mk3 in BRG? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 13:56:32 -0400 (EDT); Sounds like you and I read the same (Thomason?) references. However, do note that Laurel Green #55 was very much available on some 1969 Mk.3's, such as FDU44306L (R.I.P. -- resting in pieces). --Andy; /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00430.html (7,774 bytes)
160. Re: Triumph interchange goldmine in junk yards (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:41:55 -0400 (); I have a few "problems" with details mentioned in this: No question that either "alloy" bellhousing will save a lot of weight; I think it's over 20 lbs. savings. But those alloy bellhousings really; /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00651.html (12,755 bytes)

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