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Amphletize

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  1. I didn't know where to put this, hope "General" is ok!

    Hey guys,

    While refitting the dials after changing my dash the speedo drive extended out from it's plastic casing, I managed to get it back in a little way but there's still a gap, see picture attached.

    It now doesn't seem to want to push back into the casing any further, has anyone come across this before? I'm hoping the answer isn't "get a new cable" because it looks like a right arse of a job!

    Thanks all,

    Simon


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  2. Hi all,

    I managed to pick up a rear number plate lamp at a car boot sale for pennies the other day, one of these: https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-GRID005822

    I prefer these over the two little bobble lights that are currently on my Spitfire, however the two stalks that come off the bottom of the lamp that fit into the bumper aren't wide enough apart to fit the holes where the current lights are.

    Have I picked up a rear lamp for another model, or do I need to get my drill out? (gulp!)

    Thanks,

    Simon

  3. Hi all,

    Thanks so much for the advice! We tried pushing the front down with no success, and lifting the rear of the roof to get a different angle on the front bolts, but no.

    @rlubikey - yes, the nuts do indeed rattle around (so to speak) which I don't think helped the task at all.

    In the end I bought a length of 8mm threaded bar and cut two 3 inch bolts (too long in the end so I'll have to trim them at some point). I screwed these into the roof first, then fed the bolts through the holes in the windscreen frame, once I had finger tightened the bolts at the back I tightened a nut with a washer from the inside at the front. Nice and secure :-)

    I'm going to tackle the soft top myself, but I'll wait for warmer weather.

    Thanks again,

    Simon

  4. Hi all,

    The sun came out today! So I managed to get out and play for the first time!

    My car came fitted with a hard top, a frame for the soft top and the fabric top in a box, I have a couple of questions if someone would be so kind to help me...

    I've heard that fitting the roof to the frame can be a pretty difficult task, so I've contacted a couple of trimming companies in the area for a feel of prices. The two shops that have come back to me want between £400 and £500 to do this, which is way.... way over what I thought it was going to cost.

    So, doing it myself is back on the cards - unless anyone knows of any better value places in the Hampshire / Berkshire / Surrey areas? Or is that just how much it costs?

    If I am going to do it myself, is it really that difficult? Are there any instructions or useful resources I should know of?

     

    Secondly - I took the hard top off the car to enjoy it with no roof while I did some other bits, it came off just fine, but putting it back on proved difficult. The bolts that go through the top of the windscreen frame fit the roof fine, they screwed right in when going directly into the roof, however, when going through the frame (to attach the roof to the car) the bolts just don't screw in. They seem to reach the thread in the roof but they don't tighten, and they're very hard to get to line up with the holes in the roof. Am I missing something? The bolts are a bit miss-match, I'm planning on replacing them, but it was on just fine before!

     

    Apologies for the long post, I've attached a shot of the old girl with her top off for compensation...

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  5. 13 hours ago, Anglefire said:

    i did notice one firm selling new dashboards- the spitfire one being about £220.  Best not tell my old man as he has offered to make me one - which I might well take him up on now! 

    £185 show deal, picked up a lovely dark wood one! I couldn't resist....

     

     

  6. Thanks Colin!

    I was attracted by the colour scheme as I hadn't seen orange on black on a Spitfire before, the hardtop was a bonus too, especially for the 2 hour drive to get it home!

    Unfortunately the picture doesn't show up the scratches on the driver's side window, it does need replacing, although I haven't tried cleaning and polishing it properly yet, the windscreen's in good nick though!

     

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