Phil,
Does that explain why my son's replacement overrider was mis cut so that
the cutout was more in the center of the overrider than toward the
bottom as it should have been?
In short, he had a NOS overrider for one side and wanted one for the
opposite side. He got one that didn't match the NOS one. He ended up
ordering a matching one (therefore buying 2 new ones) and while both are
cut in the center and therefore match, neither of them actually fit the
car.
Regards,
Joe Curry
Phil Johnson wrote:
>
> > On a side note, does anybody know the difference
> > between the front bumper/overriders on mkI GT6's and
> > mk 1/2 Spitfires? The part numbers are different.
>
> The front bumper on the GT6 Mk1 was mounted about an
> inch higher than that on the Spitfire. This was
> achieved by making the outer bumper irons/supports
> cranked upwards, as opposed to straight on the
> Spitfire, and having a higher mounting hole on the
> front of the bonnet hinge (late Mk2 Spitfires and GT6
> Mk1's have two holes in the hinge front). Because of
> this the design of the over-rider is different - i.e.
> the bumper cutout is higher on the GT6, and the tab
> that hooks over the hinge on the inside of the
> over-rider is therefore lower.
>
> Thus, GT6 ones will not fit a Spitfire, unless the
> outer bumper irons are also from the GT6. As far as I
> am aware, the over-riders for the Spitfire Mk1/2 are
> not available, but the ones for the GT6 Mk1 are.
> Rimmers GT6 catalogue lists the Spitfire part numbers
> for the over-riders, but they are infact the GT6
> over-riders. John Kippings have also made the same
> mistake. Whoever got the sample to get the
> remanufacturing got their part numbers mixed up I
> think!
>
> ===
> Phil Johnson
> Club Triumph (UK) Spitfire/GT6 Secretary
> http://www.club.triumph.org.uk/
>
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>
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