From mark at bradakis.com  Mon Apr 11 11:00:59 2011
From: mark at bradakis.com (Mark J Bradakis)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:00:59 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [Spits] Anniversary
Message-ID: <20110411170059.9A8462E06C@bradakis.com>

I imagine there are folks on the list who grew up listening to
The Beatles, and remember the Sgt. Pepper song which starts:

It was 20 years ago today
Sargent Pepper taught the band to play


Well, 20 years ago today the domain Team.Net was registered.
The autocross and british car lists were already up and running
for a while on my computer at the U of U, but getting our own
domain was a big step in a new direction.  Hard to beleive I've
been doing this for so many years.

Happy anniversary, folks!

mjb.

From mkcaspian1 at aol.com  Mon Apr 11 13:31:00 2011
From: mkcaspian1 at aol.com (mkcaspian1 at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:31:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Spits] How many spitfires still alive
Message-ID: <8CDC6961F94E653-1990-4DA23@webmail-d134.sysops.aol.com>

Hi Folks,
My Calculations show that about 314,000 were built - any idea how many are
still up and running?
John
78 Spitfire

From spitlist at cox.net  Mon Apr 11 13:46:00 2011
From: spitlist at cox.net (Joe Curry)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:46:00 -0700
Subject: [Spits] How many spitfires still alive
In-Reply-To: <8CDC6961F94E653-1990-4DA23@webmail-d134.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8CDC6961F94E653-1990-4DA23@webmail-d134.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <C3949ED655BC4449A0173BE003590BA0@Vista>

Go to http://members.cox.net/spitlist/index.htm and see how many I have
found since I started this project in 1997.  And if you have a Spitfire not
in the database, please go to the registration page and send in your data.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of mkcaspian1 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:31 PM
To: spitfires at autox.team.net
Subject: [Spits] How many spitfires still alive

Hi Folks,
My Calculations show that about 314,000 were built - any idea how many are
still up and running?
John
78 Spitfire
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From spitfirepat at gmail.com  Mon Apr 11 13:55:23 2011
From: spitfirepat at gmail.com (SpitfirePat)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:55:23 +0100
Subject: [Spits] How many spitfires still alive
In-Reply-To: <8CDC6961F94E653-1990-4DA23@webmail-d134.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8CDC6961F94E653-1990-4DA23@webmail-d134.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTikczrC194vqytD6ivHpYH+x3U8LKg@mail.gmail.com>

Joe Curry still maintains a list The International TRIUMPH SPITFIRE
Database<http://members.cox.net/spitlist/>

It currently has 12,507 listed including my '78



On 11 April 2011 20:31, <mkcaspian1 at aol.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> My Calculations show that about 314,000 were built - any idea how many are
> still up and running?
> John
> 78 Spitfire
> _______________________________________________
>
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From TR250Driver at aol.com  Mon Apr 11 14:00:00 2011
From: TR250Driver at aol.com (TR250Driver at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:00:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Spits] How many spitfires still alive
Message-ID: <2f7dc.43c9d693.3ad4b7bf@aol.com>

John,
I have two that are alive and well.  Beyond that I would have no  clue.  
For sure many more of the later Spits have survived versus the early  ones.  
You almost never see a MK 1 Spitfire.  MK 2's, AKA Spitfire 4's  are very 
rare as well.  MK 3's are around a bit more but still rather  scarce.  I 
believe most of the survivors are the square tail 1296's and  1500's.  Sadly some 
of those are in very bad shape.  
Regards,
Darrell
70 Spitfire MK 3
76 Spitfire 1500
 
 
In a message dated 4/11/2011 3:32:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mkcaspian1 at aol.com writes:

Hi  Folks,
My Calculations show that about 314,000 were built - any idea how  many are
still up and running?
John
78  Spitfire
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From andrew.lindeman at gmail.com  Mon Apr 11 19:01:13 2011
From: andrew.lindeman at gmail.com (Andrew Lindeman)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:01:13 -0600
Subject: [Spits] Anniversary
In-Reply-To: <20110411170059.9A8462E06C@bradakis.com>
References: <20110411170059.9A8462E06C@bradakis.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTimNcfUma6YnbkLh7MXnukgRtoggsg@mail.gmail.com>

> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation  $11.47

The value of these mailing lists is hard to overstate.  It was the
Team.Net web page that I found days after purchasing my Spitfire.  I
was nineteen and had never twisted a wrench in my life.  With the help
of the people on these lists, as well as the enthusiasts I met in Salt
Lake City (Including our humble host), I've been able to keep the car
running myself for fifteen years.

Andy L.

From herald948 at aol.com  Fri Apr 15 18:08:08 2011
From: herald948 at aol.com (Andrew Mace)
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:08:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Spits] Triumph Spitfire 1979;
 Weber carb and breather line from  valve cover
In-Reply-To: <B9E89F50E2B79241BA36C18CC4462E88B0B49253B8@XVS3-CLUSTER.yu.yale.edu>
References: <B9E89F50E2B79241BA36C18CC4462E88B0B49253B8@XVS3-CLUSTER.yu.yale.edu>
Message-ID: <8CDC9E1802B787F-31C-20E5B@Webmail-d120.sysops.aol.com>

 Jack, with this reply I'm copying an e-mail list of Spitfire owners who might
be able to help. Unfortunately, I've no experience with the Weber conversion
myself.

Listers: please make sure you include Jack in any replies, and thanks!



--Andy Mace

*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er, Triumph
Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)

Triumph 10 / Herald / Sports 6 vehicle consultant, The Vintage Triumph
Register: http://www.vtr.org

Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph Herald
Database: http://triumph-herald.us




-----Original Message-----
From: Tiboni, Jack <jack.tiboni at yale.edu>
To: herald948 <herald948 at aol.com>
Sent: Fri, Apr 15, 2011 1:13 pm
Subject: Triumph Spitfire 1979



Hi, I am converting my Stromberg carburetor to a Weber carb and was wondering
where to tie in the breather line form the valve cover too.
If you can help me out I would be very grateful.
The vehicle is a 1979 spitfire 1500
Best regards Jack Tiboni

Email address   is    jack.tiboni at yale.edu


Jack E. Tiboni
HVAC Manager Central Campus
344 Winchester Ave. New Haven CT 06511
203-432-0103

From mark at bradakis.com  Fri Apr 15 18:42:02 2011
From: mark at bradakis.com (Mark J Bradakis)
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:42:02 -0600
Subject: [Spits] Triumph Spitfire 1979;
 Weber carb and breather line  from valve cover
In-Reply-To: <8CDC9E1802B787F-31C-20E5B@Webmail-d120.sysops.aol.com>
References: <B9E89F50E2B79241BA36C18CC4462E88B0B49253B8@XVS3-CLUSTER.yu.yale.edu>
	<8CDC9E1802B787F-31C-20E5B@Webmail-d120.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <4DA8E5DA.1060404@bradakis.com>

> Hi, I am converting my Stromberg carburetor to a Weber carb and was wondering
> where to tie in the breather line form the valve cover too.
>    

Most likely to a fitting on the air filter.  What model of
carb is it?

mjb.

From Mackmi at usa.redcross.org  Sat Apr 16 07:14:29 2011
From: Mackmi at usa.redcross.org (Mackmi at usa.redcross.org)
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:14:29 -0400
Subject: [Spits] Triumph Spitfire 1979;
 Weber carb and breather line  from  valve cover
References: <B9E89F50E2B79241BA36C18CC4462E88B0B49253B8@XVS3-CLUSTER.yu.yale.edu>
	<8CDC9E1802B787F-31C-20E5B@Webmail-d120.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <32B95304CB44EF4E81483EEA6D05978208F22953@brnyrchex2.bio.ri.redcross.net>

Jack,

I had a Weber setup on my 79 Spit before I changed to European SU HS4's.
I had the electric choke DGV 32/36 model.  On the bottom of the mounting
plate, that the air filter sits on there was a small tube to hook up the hose
from the rocker cover.  This way the oily fumes from the engine would get
reburned.
I chose to cap the tube coming off the bottom of the air filter plate with a
rubber cap.  I then found an inexpensive aftermarket 2 or 3" filter and put
that directly on the valve cover vent tube.
I wasn't too keen on sucking oily gas through my new Weber carb.  I needed to
clean the filter at the valve cover about every other month.  This worked well
for the 2 years I had this setup.

Mike Mack
79 Spit
70 GT6
80 TR8

________________________________

From: spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net on behalf of Andrew Mace
Sent: Fri 4/15/2011 8:08 PM
To: jack.tiboni at yale.edu
Cc: spitfires at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spits] Triumph Spitfire 1979; Weber carb and breather line from
valve cover




 Jack, with this reply I'm copying an e-mail list of Spitfire owners who
might
be able to help. Unfortunately, I've no experience with the Weber conversion
myself.

Listers: please make sure you include Jack in any replies, and thanks!



--Andy Mace

*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er, Triumph
Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)

Triumph 10 / Herald / Sports 6 vehicle consultant, The Vintage Triumph
Register: http://www.vtr.org <http://www.vtr.org/>

Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph Herald
Database: http://triumph-herald.us <http://triumph-herald.us/>




-----Original Message-----
From: Tiboni, Jack <jack.tiboni at yale.edu>
To: herald948 <herald948 at aol.com>
Sent: Fri, Apr 15, 2011 1:13 pm
Subject: Triumph Spitfire 1979



Hi, I am converting my Stromberg carburetor to a Weber carb and was wondering
where to tie in the breather line form the valve cover too.
If you can help me out I would be very grateful.
The vehicle is a 1979 spitfire 1500
Best regards Jack Tiboni

Email address   is    jack.tiboni at yale.edu


Jack E. Tiboni
HVAC Manager Central Campus
344 Winchester Ave. New Haven CT 06511
203-432-0103
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From carcentric at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 16 11:07:48 2011
From: carcentric at yahoo.com (M D Nugent)
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:07:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Spits] Auto trans for Spitfire engine
Message-ID: <137995.86632.qm@web33708.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Can anyone suggest a small/lightweight and inexpensive automatic transmission 
that could be used behind the Spitfire engine - with only a small bit of 
fabrication?

Thanks in advance, 
M D "Doc" Nugent - www.carcentric.com
Seattle area

From mark at bradakis.com  Mon Apr 18 21:17:19 2011
From: mark at bradakis.com (Mark J Bradakis)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:17:19 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [Spits] Well, shucks
Message-ID: <20110419031719.B007C2E0C8@bradakis.com>

That wasn't nice.  Had a series of power bumps here at the house over
the weekend that messed with my computers, like the main Team.Net
server.  That old Dell had been rock solid reliable, with an uptime of
over 425 days.  Oh well.  Of course my computer troubles are nothing
at all compared to the tornado havoc over the weekend.  Hopefully no
listers were seriously affected.  I still remember what damage can be
done by twisters from my years in the Midwest.

When I did get the machines back up and running again a few things
didn't quite work out, some software failed to start as it should.
So you may have noticed no Team.Net email for a while.  I was at work
all day so I didn't notice until this evening.  Sorry.  We should be
back in business now, though.

Perhaps last week when I posted about 20 years of Team.Net I should
have put in a pitch for some donations to acquire some newer, more
stable hardware ( bigger UPS ) and some upgraded software.  I
certainly did recieve some donations, will hopefully get around to
thanking folks in a day or two.

So if you have a few bucks laying around and feel like helping to keep
this Team.Net experiment around for another 20 years, feel free to visit
http://www.team.net/donate.html - wait, I better update that file, the
FAX machine is printing blank faxes, another bit of hardware I'll likely
have to replace.  Computers can be so much fun.

Anyway, Team.Net email, forums and web pages should all be back to
mostly normal, thank you for your patience.

mjb.

From elliottr at rmi.net  Fri Apr 22 18:01:18 2011
From: elliottr at rmi.net (Roger Elliott)
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:01:18 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Subject: [Spits] GT6 chrome fender mouding
Message-ID: <17885313.1303516878709.JavaMail.root@elwamui-norfolk.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Hi Everyone,

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remove the chrome finishing moulding pieces?  

I tried prying one off.  Thought I was being careful= I had small roll of paper towels with the cardboard tube in it, but I looked back and discovered I was leaving small dents where I had been working.

I also tried just putting a screwdriver under the end and lifting.  I was lifting the trim.  Unfortunately, the body was moving with it.

Thanks,
Roger Elliott
68 GT6

From buss3 at rogers.com  Mon Apr 25 17:04:08 2011
From: buss3 at rogers.com (Grant Buss)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:04:08 -0400
Subject: [Spits] Ignition Lamp
Message-ID: <6AA6E74E7324415F85B6F34CE82F992B@FUNPLACE>

I am putting a new speedometer in and there is no place to put the Ignition
lamp, Highbeam Lamp or Oil Pressure Lamp like in the stock gauge.
The  Highbeam Lamp will change to a LED.
The Oil Pressure Lamp isn't needed (I have a gauge).

What can be done with the Ignition lamp? What does it do ??
Does it have to be lit ??
Can I change it to a smaller bulb and show it somewhere else ??

Thanks for the information

From spitlist at cox.net  Mon Apr 25 17:27:38 2011
From: spitlist at cox.net (Joe Curry)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:27:38 -0700
Subject: [Spits] Ignition Lamp
In-Reply-To: <6AA6E74E7324415F85B6F34CE82F992B@FUNPLACE>
References: <6AA6E74E7324415F85B6F34CE82F992B@FUNPLACE>
Message-ID: <6BEEE461CCE94EB49D779BE97FC92265@Vista>

The lamp illuminates when the battery charging system is not working.  It is
a good thing to have.  You can punch a hole in the dash and use either an
led or a lamp from Radio Shack.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Grant Buss
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 4:04 PM
To: spitfires-list
Subject: [Spits] Ignition Lamp

I am putting a new speedometer in and there is no place to put the Ignition
lamp, Highbeam Lamp or Oil Pressure Lamp like in the stock gauge.
The  Highbeam Lamp will change to a LED.
The Oil Pressure Lamp isn't needed (I have a gauge).

What can be done with the Ignition lamp? What does it do ??
Does it have to be lit ??
Can I change it to a smaller bulb and show it somewhere else ??

Thanks for the information
_______________________________________________

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From gharris at rochester.rr.com  Mon Apr 25 20:07:54 2011
From: gharris at rochester.rr.com (Bob Harris)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:07:54 -0400
Subject: [Spits] Ignition Lamp
In-Reply-To: <6AA6E74E7324415F85B6F34CE82F992B@FUNPLACE>
References: <6AA6E74E7324415F85B6F34CE82F992B@FUNPLACE>
Message-ID: <DA8F0C60629644F39F731CDF50DB7D0D@BobPC>

 Grant,
            I do know ( at least I've heard)that the bulb is necessary for 
the alt. to charge.( if the bulb burns out the alt will not charge) If that 
relates to the wattage,and if an L.E. D. would work,I do not know.
                                                                             
                     Bob Harris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Buss" <buss3 at rogers.com>
To: "spitfires-list" <spitfires at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 7:04 PM
Subject: [Spits] Ignition Lamp


>I am putting a new speedometer in and there is no place to put the Ignition
> lamp, Highbeam Lamp or Oil Pressure Lamp like in the stock gauge.
> The  Highbeam Lamp will change to a LED.
> The Oil Pressure Lamp isn't needed (I have a gauge).
>
> What can be done with the Ignition lamp? What does it do ??
> Does it have to be lit ??
> Can I change it to a smaller bulb and show it somewhere else ??
>
> Thanks for the information
> _______________________________________________
>
> Spitfires at autox.team.net
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From doug at dougbraun.com  Mon Apr 25 20:52:11 2011
From: doug at dougbraun.com (Douglas Braun)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:52:11 -0400
Subject: [Spits] Ignition Lamp
In-Reply-To: <DA8F0C60629644F39F731CDF50DB7D0D@BobPC>
References: <6AA6E74E7324415F85B6F34CE82F992B@FUNPLACE>
	<DA8F0C60629644F39F731CDF50DB7D0D@BobPC>
Message-ID: <BANLkTin57wJ_0pUqmc2tz1k-wwm73udJ1Q@mail.gmail.com>

And if the alternator is not charging because the lamp is burned out,
you will not realize it... because the lamp is burned out!

Isn't Lucas wonderful?

Doug Braun
'72 Spit.



On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Bob Harris <gharris at rochester.rr.com>
wrote:
> Grant,
>           I do know ( at least I've heard)that the bulb is necessary for
the
> alt. to charge.( if the bulb burns out the alt will not charge) If that
> relates to the wattage,and if an L.E. D. would work,I do not know.
>
>                    Bob Harris