<div dir="auto">Not just the bolts, but the unpainted portion of the fender or washer that was under the bolt before you turned it.  Two thoughts: Did the factory never needed to tighten them? and You will probably have to re-spray the bolts of you do wind up moving them.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You might have success if you protect the flats with blue painters tape to test for tightness, but once it moves I don't see any solution that doesn't involve more paint.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-- Jeff </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 02:41 Alan & Lyn Dunscombe <<a href="mailto:dunscomb@chch.planet.org.nz">dunscomb@chch.planet.org.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>


  
  

<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">











<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Alright,
here's a question for the archivists...<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Am
about to get my 'Longdoor' TR2 painted, and need advice
about under the bonnet (hood in USA)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Where
the front guards/fenders are bolted onto the inner
guards from the scuttle/firewall forward to the front apron, the heads
of the bolts
(6 each side) <span> </span>and washer underneath are
visible. Anyone know for sure if they were just painted in the body
colour along
with everything else, or unpainted & cadmium plated? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">I
assume they were painted, and imagine that once the car is
running again & I have done a few miles and everything has settled <span> </span>I will need to go round all those bolts and
check if they need tightening again. If I do need to tighten them then
I will
probably damage the paint on the hex sides of the bolts unless there is
some
trick way to protect them when I put the socket onto them?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">All
thoughts / suggestions gratefully accepted.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Alan<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">TS3612<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<pre cols="72">AW & LJ Dunscombe
New Zealand


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   1. Re: Refuelling a Spitfire (bill beecher)
   2. Re: Refuelling a Spitfire (Don Hiscock)
   3. Re: Refuelling a Spitfire (Patrick Baize)
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   6. Re: Refuelling a Spitfire (DAVID MASSEY)
   7. Re: Refuelling a Spitfire (John Innis)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:07:35 -0600
From: bill beecher <a href="mailto:notakitcar@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><notakitcar@yahoo.com></a>
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Just topped up yesterday at $3.76gal USD in Texas. 

?Last night I saw upon the stair,
A little man who wasn't there,
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away?.... Mearns

On Mar 10, 2022, at 12:58 PM, Don Hiscock <a href="mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><don.hiscock@gmail.com></a> wrote:

?
I bought fuel twice yesterday travelling between states and paid ?0.80/L ($3.999/US gal) in Ohio. And breathed a sigh of relief that I did a driving trip from Missouri to California and back -- 4700 miles -- in January!   California is headed the UK's way on pricing faster than the US midwest. 

Don

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM John Macartney <a href="mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><johnbmacartney@gmx.com></a> wrote:
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    <pre>I?ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and today decided to top off the tank, even though it was still half full. Toured around the local gas stations to find out where the cheapest fuel might be available. To compare like with like and remembering one US gallon is effectively 3.8 litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the cheapest was one US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I passed the same gas station where the price I paid this morning had risen from 8.77 to 9..12.  Diesel was even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer hasn?t changed - yet.

Jonmac

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:06:43 -0500
From: Don Hiscock <a href="mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><don.hiscock@gmail.com></a>
To: bill beecher <a href="mailto:notakitcar@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><notakitcar@yahoo.com></a>
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A TR friend in the Netherlands reported the equivalent of $9.73/US gallon
there this afternoon.

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, bill beecher <a href="mailto:notakitcar@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><notakitcar@yahoo.com></a> wrote:

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    <pre>Just topped up yesterday at $3.76gal USD in Texas.

?Last night I saw upon the stair,
A little man who wasn't there,
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away?.... Mearns

On Mar 10, 2022, at 12:58 PM, Don Hiscock <a href="mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><don.hiscock@gmail.com></a> wrote:

?
I bought fuel twice yesterday travelling between states and paid ?0.80/L
($3.999/US gal) in Ohio. And breathed a sigh of relief that I did a driving
trip from Missouri to California and back -- 4700 miles -- in January!
California is headed the UK's way on pricing faster than the US midwest.

Don

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM John Macartney <a href="mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><johnbmacartney@gmx.com></a>
wrote:

    </pre>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      <pre>I?ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and today
decided to top off the tank, even though it was still half full. Toured
around the local gas stations to find out where the cheapest fuel might be
available. To compare like with like and remembering one US gallon is
effectively 3.8 litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the
cheapest was one US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I passed the
same gas station where the price I paid this morning had risen from 8.77 to
9..12.  Diesel was even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer
hasn?t changed - yet.

Jonmac

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 21:14:47 -0600
From: Patrick Baize <a href="mailto:pbaize@satx.rr.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><pbaize@satx.rr.com></a>
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Australia (my wifes cousins ) is at 10.00 per gallon ? first time in my 
life I paid 105.34? for gas 3.999 a gallon


On 3/10/2022 9:06 PM, Don Hiscock wrote:
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    <pre>A TR friend in the Netherlands reported the equivalent of $9.73/US 
gallon there this afternoon.

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, bill beecher <<a href="mailto:notakitcar@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">notakitcar@yahoo.com</a> 
<a href="mailto:notakitcar@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><mailto:notakitcar@yahoo.com></a>> wrote:

    Just topped up yesterday at $3.76gal USD in Texas.

    ?Last night I saw upon the stair,
    A little man who wasn't there,
    He wasn't there again today
    Oh, how I wish he'd go away?.... Mearns

    On Mar 10, 2022, at 12:58 PM, Don Hiscock <<a href="mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">don.hiscock@gmail.com</a>
    <a href="mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com></a>> wrote:

    ?
    I bought fuel twice yesterday travelling between states and paid
    ?0.80/L ($3.999/US gal) in Ohio. And breathed a sigh of relief
    that I did a driving trip from Missouri to California and back --
    4700 miles -- in January! California is headed the UK's way on
    pricing faster than the US midwest.

    Don

    On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM John Macartney
    <<a href="mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">johnbmacartney@gmx.com</a> <a href="mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com></a>> wrote:

        I?ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and
        today decided to top off the tank, even though it was still
        half full. Toured around the local gas stations to find out
        where the cheapest fuel might be available. To compare like
        with like and remembering one US gallon is effectively 3.8
        litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the
        cheapest was one US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I
        passed the same gas station where the price I paid this
        morning had risen from 8.77 to 9..12. Diesel was even more!
        Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer hasn?t changed - yet.

        Jonmac

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