[Fot] Spitfire Mk II race car

[dustin nicholson]

Ed,
B 
I looked at Roger Williams early Spitfire last year
(Spitfire 4 I
think), itbs not the car that Robert and Dave bought.B  Rogerbs is a
rolling chassis with a primed
but stripped body, no rust, no engine, cage has
been removed, the suspension and
rear end set up seemed very modified and well
thought outb& different mounting
points and that kind of stuff.B  Ibm
trying to remember what he told me about the rear axles, I want to say it has
needle bearings with a grease fitting similar to Joe Siambs set up I
guess.B  I think he only wanted $1,000.B  Would be a good foundation to build
a car.B  I almost bought it just for the axles and welded
diff (4.55 I think),
but I donbt think the axles are the right length for my
mark IV.
B 
Ibm
going to visit him in a couple weeks as he is rebuilding
the webers for my
Dadbs TR6.B  Webre
switching from six Keihins to triple webers hoping for
better low RPM performance.B  Between the motorcycle carbs and a really
aggressive
cam the TR6 screams above 4,000 RPMs but bogs down and dies off the
line if you
donbt feather the throttle.B  Considering
itbs a
street/autocross car that doesnbt work out too well.
B 
Supposedly Roger is
the weber whisperer and the go to guy in
South Texas, webll see how well
these are tuned.
B 
If anyone wants photos or to know more about Rogerbs
spit
for sale let me know.B  Hebs got some original
13x6 mini lites on it
but they are for sale separately.
B 
Dustin



On Wednesday, February 12, 2014
11:15 PM, EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard at prodigy.net> wrote:
 
Robert:
Did you
and Dave get this car from Roger Williams? I know he has had
one that was for
sale. If it is that car he got it from Brad Balles a number
of years ago. Brad
is one of the founding Fathers of CVAR and is currently
working for Victory
Lane Magazine. It sat in Brads yard for what seemed to be
a million years. Did
Roger give you bunches of 1147 parts. Those were donated
to Roger for the
cause by Bill C. and I.
-Ed-

________________________________
From: Robert
MacKenzie <list at mackenzie.aero>
To: ''Friends of Triumph' Triumph'
<fot at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Wednesday,
February 12, 2014 12:14 PM
Subject:
[Fot] Spitfire Mk II race car
B  

Fellow
FOT member Dave Foreman and I have
just taken delivery of a MKII
Spitfire race
car.
I have an SCCA logbook (#
13-430) going back to '79 however the tub has
no
data plate with a commission
number.
The tub number plate that sits
directly under where the commission
number
plate is intact and its number (#
75158 FG) is what is noted in the
logbook.
Is there a cross-reference recourse
anywhere than can give me this
car's
original commission number outside of the
British Motoring Heritage?B 
Thanks!

Photos of the car are at:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Spitfire-Garage/181990395176437

Robert
MacKenzie
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