Hi Ken,
your are actually spreading a virus through this lists.
Please check, whether you have an anti-virus program installed and you are
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Regards,
Bernd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Gano" <kengano@mcleodusa.net>
To: <Herald948@aol.com>; <DeWetC1@sapo.co.za>; <spitfire4@ix.netcom.com>;
<t_c_wilson@bigfoot.com>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>;
<spitfire-enthusiast@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 8:48 PM
Subject: philosphy
>
> Andy and other:
>
> I composed this a week or so ago and never got around to sending.
>
> Andy:
>
> I am real curious as to where you come down personally on the "replica vs.
> original" argument. I have been following an ongoing discussion in the
> British magazine Sports Cars and Classic's about a brew ha ha at the
> Goodwood Festival of Speed last year where the authorities not allow an
> exact replica to compete. It was a typically British understatement, but
> the gist was that replicas and originals are not the same car.
>
> For the record, all of my cars are highly personalized, so I am not asking
> which wins the concourse, but rather is recreating a historical automobile
> is a legitimate endeavor? I believe firmly that it is but I hear the
> argument of museums and vintage race events that the recreation should not
> compete with the original. Apple and Oranges, improved manufacturing
> techniques, etc. I certainly am not asking the VTR opinion, but rather
> personal. If you build a replica, do you really have anything when your
> done?
>
> My $0.02 (for whomever asked the original question :)) is GO FOR IT. Even
a
> partial recreation would be cool.
>
> Ken Gano
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Herald948@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:58 AM
> To: DeWetC1@sapo.co.za; spitfire4@ix.netcom.com; t_c_wilson@bigfoot.com;
> triumphs@autox.team.net; spitfire-enthusiast@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: "GT4"
>
>
> In a message dated 12/12/2000 9:32:21 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> DeWetC1@sapo.co.za writes:
>
> > What's needed to make a GT4 or Le Mans Spitfire ?
> >
> > About 3 years ago I obtained a Fiberglas hard top kit that , when
fitted
> ,
> > makes an early ( Mk 1 to Mk 3 ) Spitfire look like a GT6 .
>
> That's a good start. All you need now is the thin-gauge steel chassis (or
a
> "stock" one with lots of lightening holes drilled into it, depending on
> which
> version you're trying to replicate), some alloy panels, an eight-port-head
> "70X" 1147 engine with the dual Weber carbs (or a "79X" 1296 engine, again
> depending on the version you want), a set of those nifty wheels....
>
> At least there is a nice alloy replica "Le Mans style" bonnet available
now
> from Jigsaw Racing in the UK. A bit pricey, but worth it, I'm sure....
>
> --Andy Mace
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