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Whats the BIN price, I'd collect, pay cash and I'll give you my gf and her two kids if that will help seal the deal. Please get back to me asap as I'd like to complete the deal today. 😎 SP

I've had a look around and some of the prices are crazy. I was just wondering if someone had found a chap refurbing them in his shed or something like that. I'll keep looking until hopefully someone has pity on my or I find a miss spelling on ebay 🤣 SP

I think I know before I post this that I may be looking for Rocking Horse s..... I'm looking for replacement sun visors for my little Mk3 Spitfire, some replacements OR for the details of someone who refurbs them for a reasonable price. I'll patiently await the avalanche of knowledge this site and its users usually afford complete muppets such as myself. Cheers SP

Try this guy for chroming....http://www.nmpltd.co.uk/metalfinishing/ I emailed James and he quoted me £450.00 + vat for the 3 Spitfire bumpers. Needless to say that he's really busy and there's a 3 month waiting list. Worth a try

You bloody geeks, you're all coming out of the woodwork now!

Wow, just misspelling and calling my buggy a can has taken us down this road (see what I did there?)

It feels like I'm in a can when I'm doing 60mph on the A14 and an articulated lorry basically runs over me.

"Service whats intended and drive ....more than worry more keep things in perspective" Very wise words Pete. I've stopped almost all work this year on the can to actually get out and drive it. It's been the first time I've enjoyed driving in years. SP

Have you installed your new spring yet? If so, how does it look now? SP

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, will this diag be suitable for my my 1970 Mk3 Spit? I've seen so many of these but not many of them seem to match up to my car. I have issues with the dash lights and some wires still hanging loose and need a decent wiring diag as a starting point. SP

Let us know the outcome of the enquiry you sent to GB springs please. SP

I've had the same problem with my late Mk3. I replaced the rear shocks (twice) and the rear spring for what I thought was a decent one and I still have the same issue. I may either refurb the spring I took off or send it to someone who actually knows what they're doing 😂 and then swap it back in and see how that works. I heard someone say that you can put a Mk4 spring in, is that correct? SP

I put some pritt stick in the bottom of locating tool so the clips didnt fall off the tool into the door, fitted the outside rubbers first (theres an indent at each location to put a clip) then the internal felt strip. It seems I got off lightly as I didn't have any trouble at all, the pritt stick keeping the clips on the tool helped loads. Without that I don't doubt £60.00 worth of fittings would have ended up in the field out the back. SP.

Please don't be offended if I say no, to either request. 😁 There's no way it would have fitted without cutting it, I was just careful that I made the same shape larger. If you live close I don't mind coming to help?

Hello all, I can confirm I have successfully fitted the H frame today. As I mentioned before, I cut the frame, basically kept the same shape but cut it larger. Sorry about the mess in the rest of the car, it's now been hoovered within an inch of its life.

You're right Dan that definitely contributes towards the difficulty in fitting the frame. I wanted the frame in place mainly so the choke could be used without the dash flexing and I'm confident it will look ok when it's in so fingers crossed for the weekend when I finally position it. SP

Thanks Pete, One thing I have is patience and i'm confident I'd done everything before coming to the conclusion of cutting the frame. I'm not the best with tools but I tried to just make the same shape of the frame, just bigger. I'll post a pic at the weekend to close the thread off....and give you all a laugh 😁 SP

Hello All, I indeed purchased 5/16 threaded rod and proceeded to attempt to pull down the frame somewhere close to being in the correct place. Notice how I typed....'attempt to pull'. In the 'attempt to pull' and fit, I totally destroyed the brand new rubber gear stick gaiter and the leather gaiter on the gearbox cover carpet. I can confirm there was no way on gods green earth that the frame was going to fit. There was more chance of the guy that works down the chip shop who swears he's Elvis, actually being Elvis. And I can confirm, no one thinks he's Elvis. There was more chance of Lord Lucan turning up at my door, along with Richey Edwards from The Manic Street Preachers whilst the Loch Ness Monster swam up the Ise River near by to oversee the work. I could go on but I think you get the idea. Basically it wasn't fitting. So I cut it to fit 😥 ......and now it fits....over the wrecked gaiters 😊😊😊. SP

I was lucky as when I had my rear wings fitted it looks like they were done well and the chrome fits a treat. I didnt us large clips each end, just the small one all along. I'd recommend doubling up by using the clips and the glue, it can't hurt. SP

Hi Pete, I have 6 mm threaded bolt here but didnt use it at the threads seemed different?

When that was all bolted in it fitted perfectly which was a weight off my mind I can tell you. I think I'll take the advice above and use some threaded bolt to pull it down in to place then swap it over one by one for the chrome topped proper bolts. I have some threaded bolt here but the thread isn't the same, anyone know the correct size I should use? SP

This makes me feel better....plenty of room to the right, none to the left, maybe brute force and a little ignorance will win the day

The dash doesnt move up, the bottom of the dash that meets the H frame just rocks back and forth, obviously because the H frame stops that happening when its in place. The sills were replaced when I had the body work worked on. I must had told the 500 times to brace and support the car, 500 times they told me that they knew what they were doing, I'll take the carpet out but I fear I'll have to cut the H frame to get it in. I think my car may be your car's son! SP

This is miles out, do I take the dash knobs up and lift the dash? It seems quite solid and only flexes back and forth a little. SP

My brother and father have a '68 and a '67 respectively. I thought about going for the earlier model look when I had the rear valance replaced but I stuck with the its original ugly reversing cluster. I didnt realise the wipers were different, every one of these cars seem to be made to order 😀