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Re: Spit/GT6 conversion

To: GENDIMEN@t12sys.intel.com (Geronimo x54903 page 951-3432)
Subject: Re: Spit/GT6 conversion
From: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdln.spd.hp.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 92 14:52:55 PST

| Just as a matter of curiosity (since I'm a GT6 owner who wishes he had a
| covertible) wouldn't it be easier to put a Spit body on a GT6 chassis?  Does a
| Spit body pretty much bolt on to the GT6 frame or are there complications? 
| Mike G.


It will bolt on BUT........
The reason Triumph didn't do this isn't because they couldn't see the market
opportunity. It is because the whole spitfire frame only weighs about 110 lbs
and it will not stand up very well to the six cylinder engine. The roof is
the only thing that makes the gt6 rigid enough to be practical. (unless you
plan to add a lot of tubing.)  /dickn




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