- 21. Making a Spit bonnet fit a GT6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:37:17 -0600
- Greetings, Fellow Listers, Has anyone ever tried to modify a Spit bonnet the fit a GT6? I have an extra Spit bonnet that I would like to use on my Spit6 project. I know I need to recreate the "hump"
- /html/spitfires/2003-12/msg00010.html (7,534 bytes)
- 22. Making a Spit bonnet fit a GT6, part 2 (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:24:56 -0600
- Greetings, Fellow Listers; My thanks to all who responded to my bonnet modification question. And there were a bunch of you! I've been offered a GT6 MkIII bonnet that is crunched, but has a good hump
- /html/spitfires/2003-12/msg00017.html (6,799 bytes)
- 23. For Sale, and possible transportation help (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:12:38 -0600
- Happy Holidays to all! Sorry to bomb the lists, but here I go. I am looking for a new home for my '73 Spit. No engine, trans, or driver seat. Bonnet and doors negotiable. Most other components are th
- /html/spitfires/2003-12/msg00069.html (7,201 bytes)
- 24. Carb choices (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 19:02:58 -0600
- Greetings, Fellow Listers, What are the pros and cons of a downdraft Weber vs. a side draft Weber? Does one have an advantage on a stock 1500 motor? I've always liked the simple elegance of the side
- /html/spitfires/2003-11/msg00040.html (6,593 bytes)
- 25. Body tolerances and bolt-on wires. (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:21:15 -0600
- Greetings, Fellow Listers, I was getting Rip, the '73 Spit, ready for the winter today - had to put a new tarp over him. He's had door fit problems since I bought him. I've suspected body sag from wh
- /html/spitfires/2003-11/msg00044.html (7,659 bytes)
- 26. Help find Rip a new home. (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:08:14 -0600
- Greetings, Fellow Listers, I've decided that Rip Van Spitfire, the long sleeping '73, must find a new home. He is probably best described as a restorable parts car. His rockers have been replaced, bu
- /html/spitfires/2003-11/msg00091.html (7,268 bytes)
- 27. RE: 1296 (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:37:49 -0600
- When I rebuilt the '73 engine (after dropping thrust washers in the '74) I found that the flywheels were differant. The '73 had the small bolts, the '74 had the large bolts. I'm not sure if this adds
- /html/spitfires/2003-11/msg00125.html (8,677 bytes)
- 28. RE: 1296 (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:17:51 -0600
- OK, I'll muddy the waters a bit more. My '74 (1FM13696IU) has a 3 rail box, and the bigger holes in the flywheel. Yes, I'm confused - sort off. BillG Both BillG and Kevin are correct! My wife's 73 ha
- /html/spitfires/2003-11/msg00137.html (7,839 bytes)
- 29. RE: 1296 (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 12:31:06 -0600
- As I said, my 1FM '74 has the larger holes also. BillG <SNIP> ... the flywheel I took off the 1FM '74 Spit had the larger holes.... <UNSNIP> --Original Message-- From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net
- /html/spitfires/2003-11/msg00138.html (8,305 bytes)
- 30. Comments from the peanut gallery (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 21:39:28 -0500
- Greetings, Fellow Listers, I was sitting at a stop light tonight, in Lazarus, on the way home from the MN Triumphs meeting. The guy in a pickup next to me yelled "You're having WAY too much fun!" I l
- /html/spitfires/2003-10/msg00039.html (6,659 bytes)
- 31. Yet another GM alternator conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:02:15 -0500
- Greetings, Fellow Listers, My spare Lucas alternator bit the dust last week, so I decided to do the GM conversion. Basic information was taken from Paul Tegler's site. I really liked his idea to "bui
- /html/spitfires/2003-10/msg00093.html (7,723 bytes)
- 32. RE: Yet another GM alternator conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:06:50 -0500
- Greetings again, Sorry folks, I fat fingered the url. Try www.nasshq.org/wrgingerich. That should work a bit better. Thanks, Greg, for catching it. BillG
- /html/spitfires/2003-10/msg00095.html (6,717 bytes)
- 33. RE: stripping a plastic grill (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:05:04 -0600
- Hey Liv, with all the stripping you're doing, perhaps the car's name should be "Gypsy." Sorry, couldn't resist that! BillG '74 Spit "Lazarus" '73 Spit "Rip" '71 GT6 "Dorian 'Primer' Grey"
- /html/spitfires/2003-10/msg00151.html (8,050 bytes)
- 34. GT-6 doors (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:46:22 -0500
- Greetings, Fellow Listers, I have 2 GT6 door assemblies that I don't need. Best offer. Rough, but salvageable. Latches and windows work. These are pre Mk III, but I don't know what year they're from.
- /html/spitfires/2003-08/msg00029.html (6,728 bytes)
- 35. Gauge O rings (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 21:32:30 -0500
- Greetings, Fellow Listers. Does anyone have the correct size of the O rings that fit inside the various gauges? Thought I'd ask before doing the "trial & error" thing at the hardware store. Thanks to
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00042.html (6,666 bytes)
- 36. Gauge O rings, revisited (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 20:48:34 -0500
- Greetings Once Again! Thanks to all who responded to my query about gauge O rings. For the record, it was the ones inside the gauges that I need, not the square ones between the gauge & dash. While I
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00054.html (7,041 bytes)
- 37. Rear wheel bearings. Should have taken pictures! (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 11:54:07 -0500
- Greetings, Fellow Listers, Once again I must humble myself before the Collective Wisdom Of The Listers. I finally have the suspension parts back from being powder coated. I've read the Bentley book p
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00063.html (7,627 bytes)
- 38. Exhaust leak - I think. (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 10:18:42 -0500
- Greetings once again, Well, the 74 Spit has developed a new noise. Me thinks it is a manifold exhaust leak, but I'm not sure. At idle it sounds like an old lawn mower with a bad muffler. The noise is
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00116.html (7,587 bytes)
- 39. Exhaust leak - now I know (was - I think.) (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:40:37 -0500
- Greetings, Fellow Listers, Thanks again to The Lists! Based on suggestions from all of you, I did a little more investigating of my exhaust leak. First, I tried disconnecting one plug wire at a time
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00148.html (7,954 bytes)
- 40. Stock manifold vs. 4-1 header (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <wrgingerich@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 01:07:53 -0500
- Greetings, Fellow Listers, Insomnia grips me as I write this. I'm not usually a 1:00 AM kind of guy. Anyway, I need a memory refresh: does a 4 into 1 header offer any real advantage over the stock ma
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00206.html (8,485 bytes)
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