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201. Re: Herald (in Hayward CA "Pick & Pull") (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 16:55:27 -0400 (); Just out of curiosity, anyone on either of these lists happen to purchase the GEARBOX and/or INTAKE MANIFOLDS out of the car? If so, would you mind contacting me directly? <amace@unix2.nysed.gov> Tha; /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00805.html (7,190 bytes)
202. RE: soft-top folding on later Spitfires (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 10:05:07 -0500 (); On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Dean Dashwood wrote in response to John Suchak's Dean, that's pretty much it. I'd only add that the factory manuals recommend folding the quarter windows in towards the center aft; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00062.html (7,863 bytes)
203. Re: Factory options (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 10:12:20 -0500 (); Also among dealer-installed options would have been such items as Koni shocks. So far as I know, these are legal in "stock" Solo II classes. I'm not sure what current rules say about wheel width; st; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00064.html (8,591 bytes)
204. Re: Allison Ignition (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:12:22 -0500 (EST); Can anyone help Brett on this? Please reply directly to him. --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andrew Mace, President and * * 10/Herald/Vitesse (Sports 6) Consultant * * Vintage; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00100.html (7,180 bytes)
205. Re: Do you carry a fire extinguisher (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:57:15 -0500 (); Wow. Deja vu all over again. :-) I had a similar experience with my GT6+ back around 1976. I was on my way to work, going through a city, when the cockpit began to fill with really awful smoke and ev; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00109.html (8,868 bytes)
206. Re: brake drum (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 22:07:16 -0500 (EST); Kris, I don't think the brake drum is your problem. IT is "held on" with two countersunk screws, but realistically the wheel holds it on regardless. Also, the wheel studs are not part of the drum; ra; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00227.html (7,868 bytes)
207. Re: rear suspension (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 22:09:05 -0500 (EST); Normally, I wouldn't think of arguing with Mark on Spitfire suspension stuff. However, the early "squaretail" Spitfires with swing-springs (1971 and 1972) still used the same length axles as all Spit; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00263.html (7,558 bytes)
208. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 09:05:09 -0500 (EST); Joe, I love the theory, but that sort of thing wasn't exactly new even in the 1960s. After all, in the mid-1950s, Ford basically shrunk a full-size Ford, plunked one of their larger V-8s in the engin; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00280.html (9,206 bytes)
209. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:09:56 -0500 (EST); As I recall, "TIME" liked it just fine! :-) Besides, if one knew which parts and options to order (as did, for example, a certain Mr. Shelby), one indeed could make quite the sports car out of the Mu; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00290.html (9,027 bytes)
210. Re: Gearbox wires (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 16:49:25 -0500 (EST); It's possible that the other switch was for the "seat belt warning" light and/or buzzer? --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andrew Mace, President and * * 10/Herald/Vitesse (Sport; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00351.html (7,538 bytes)
211. Re: Triumph Italia? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 21:15:03 -0500 (EST); Actually, the story (legend?) goes that no one ever did. Italias supposedly were sold here in the States with the express understanding that spare body panels, etc., would NOT be available. And it mi; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00410.html (8,625 bytes)
212. RE: birthdays (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:36:00 -0500 (EST); FWIW, I'm two years younger than my oldest car (1951 Chevrolet). I'm also one year younger than my next oldest car -- and oldest Triumph (1952 Mayflower). For those stooped in Triumph Trivia/Minutia,; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00432.html (6,752 bytes)
213. Re: RAF Spitfire Bonnet Badge (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 16:18:33 -0500 (); I've not heard that explanation before. If it were any sort of "milestone" anniversary, it would have to have been one for the airplane. And why would that be noted only in North America? As for the; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00443.html (9,814 bytes)
214. Re: Color of road wheels? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:05:28 -0500 (EST); Karl, you're thinking of Spa White (Triumph's name for the color), but that was phased out for wheels around the 1969 model year. Your wheels should be silver, as the later Spitfire, etc., wheels wer; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00466.html (8,098 bytes)
215. Re: Color of road wheels? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:32:20 -0500 (EST); AFAIK, Silver was the color. Replacement wheels were sometimes supplied not in silver, but in perhaps whatever variety of primer was about the wheel shop. I've got older "solid" GT6 wheels bought fro; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00476.html (8,489 bytes)
216. Re: Color of road wheels? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:38:59 -0500 (EST); Earlier caps (1971-74, I think) were black and had the word SPITIRE in the center. From 1975(?) on, the cap was silver; I think most of those had some sort of Leyland medallion. Any late Spitfire "ex; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00482.html (8,438 bytes)
217. Re: Color of road wheels? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 18:18:59 -0500 (EST); Oops! Whatever they said, I'm sure it was spelled correctly on the cap! Must be all the prescription drugs; sorry! :-) --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andrew Mace, President an; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00495.html (8,195 bytes)
218. Re: Spit doors (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:13:18 -0500 (EST); Perhaps it is time for Joe to set up an "International Spitfire Door Database"? I can list, oh, 12 or so.... --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andrew Mace, President and * * 10/H; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00591.html (7,960 bytes)
219. Re: Tech ?? Spitfire/TR6 steering rack commonalities/differences? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 19:08:14 -0500 (EST); FWIW, TR6 (and, I believe, back to the TR4) used a rack with 3.25 turns lock-to-lock. The "normal" Herald/Spitfire rack was more like 3.75 turns LTL, and GT6s were something like 4.25 turns LTL. See; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00643.html (8,265 bytes)
220. RE: Door handles/locks (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 12:53:49 -0500 (EST); Guess it depends on several factors. What you describe can be done by some. However, try this in the severe cold of winter (outer door handles have frozen up). When one is 5'6", with not terribly lon; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00672.html (10,316 bytes)

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