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Hello All
We had WiFi in Avila
Now a Holiday report !
When we got to Avila we were all Hot and Touchy and had to find a traffic free steet you can drive down to the garage???
So after a few false starts(getting Hotter!) This nice young man told me down this steet and though the tunnel?
So Numpty drove down the street and turned into a nice archway and along and young people were cheering and taking photos and one stopped us and said I was on the pedestrian way the tunnel was the next one down(See Photo)
We drove across the Plaza the get out?
So now a few photos
Roger and the Memsahib
ps the Bride is well you guess?
pps the Aircraft was in the middle of a road island in I think Salamanca
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Hello Colin
They were not to bad in a big open space but a wonderful site and so many different ones from a kit? to exspensive!
Roger and the Memsahib
Ps we are off to Avila tomorrow anouther walled town
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Hello All
Last day in Lugo visited the museum and a public building that is a theater and snooker hall and libarary and chess room and social rooms
I would like a watch like this ! and a lighter!
We thought about dance classes but went for Vino and tapas instead
Off to Zamora tomorrow
Roger and the Memsahib
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Hello All
We are roughing again!
Have a look at this video (if it works?) they are playing Zanfona's(look it up) it has been a 3 day event.
We had a look at prison that Franco locked up people he did not like in the thirtys!!!
We have plenty of Vino and Tapas still we have to help the local economy?
Spitty is running ok but I think I have leaned off the files a bit much as she was running a bit lean at times(I will add a bit back in before we move off)
Roger and the Memsahib
ps the photo of food was the starter and the bottle of white wine was in the ice bucket!
It was a 3 course meal with a bit of Tapas while we waited for the first course!
We did not use the Spa but as you could see it was a nice place and about £125 all in! which we thought was good value for what we had and a nice view from the window
pps She got out!
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Hello All
We are now in Lugo the walled town we have covered 500 miles in Spitty from home.
We have driven through some great mountain scenery to ge here.
The first Doss house had a pool and spa as well.
Here are a few photos
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Hello All
We are here and at the first Doss house and it is 200 years old and only 4 stars!
The evening meal was only 3 courses and only 1 bottle of red and 1 bottle of white wine plus bottle of water!
We hope breakfast is better after all it is £135 for the 2 of us! HaHa
Roger and the Memsahib
ps guess who got caught in a one Mother f****r of a rain storm with the hood down?
will post photos tomorrow
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Hello All
We are off to Spain in the morning in Spitty
We are getting the ferry from Plymouth to Santander
We will have a one night stop on the way to Lugo where we are staying for 5 nights before moving on Zamora for 2 nights then to Avila for 3 nights and all one nighters after that!
We will cover about 1,300 miles in Spain plus the 400 this side so a trip of about 1,700 miles
I am half Excited and half Terrified as it has been 3 years since a long trip like this due to Covid (but we did 5,000 miles in UK last year !)
I have serviced and checked the car over and it has been MOT'd and I am carring various spares!
This is the general route(we usually wander off onto the nice roads to get from A to B )
We are going to do a couple of Pyrenees passes as well!
Roger and the Memsahib
ps the combined age of the car and us is 191 !!!!! 😄
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Hello keith
I would just give it a good clean with thinners or brake cleaner and glue it in place silicon or araldite etc
Roger
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Hello Pete
What I did was buy a flexible pipe for the feed line and use the solid one for the bleed line and it is next to the master cylinder
Roger
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Hello All
You would need the right grade of stailess steel to get the right strenght!
Roger
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Hello Mike
I use this type but it dose need a boos soldering in the radiator mine is at the bottom on a Spitfire and works a treat but I have 2 small fans so can switch one on first and the second comes on if it gets very hot(not very often!)
T7Design | M22 x 1.5 Radiator Fan Switch Dual Stage 87-79, 88-83c
Roger
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Hello All
I bought some from Chris Witor and they seem nice and thin1
I have not run the car yet as it is work in progress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Roger
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56 minutes ago, Pettifordo said:
Does anyone have or can suggest where I could source the number plate light for a Triumph Spitfire 1500 1980
One like this (this isn’t my car - it’s one on the TSSC stand at NEC Resto show
Hello
I think you will find the hole centres are different
Roger
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Hello Derek
I think it can be mounted at any angle except vertically with the wires at the bottom!
I am pretty sure I read that some where!
Roger
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16 hours ago, Paul H said:
I fitted my Huco 133010 horizontally on the bulk head on my Vitesse
Paul
Hello All
I did the same and it worked perfectly for years until I went EFI
Roger
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Hello All
Huco do both types a pusher and a sucker.
I had a sucker on Spitty mounted on the baulkhead and worked perfectly
Roger
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2 hours ago, Papa Smurf said:
Hi Roger, sorry for not acknowledging this earlier but can you explain what you mean by the fact it’s not a Triumph fitment? Will this effect how it works? It’s all back together and have done a few test runs at about 40-50mph and flicking the OD switch has no discernible effect on engine revs.
Hello
The engine revs should drop by about 500 when you put it into overdrive or rise when taken out!
If not I suspect it is not working!
Roger
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20 hours ago, rogerguzzi said:
Hello Paul
I used these people for the adjuster I will measure the size tomorrow.
Metric & Imperial Adjustable Linkages (mcgillmotorsport.com)
Roger.
ps it needs to be right and lefthand threads.
Hello Paul
The middle part is 70mm and 8mm thread and 135mm crs it would go down to 115mm crs and 150mm crs max
I looked at the other turnbuckles but I like things that look engineered (its just me!)
Roger
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Hello Paul
I used these people for the adjuster I will measure the size tomorrow.
Metric & Imperial Adjustable Linkages (mcgillmotorsport.com)
Roger.
ps it needs to be right and lefthand threads.
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2 hours ago, Paul H said:
Hi Roger , do you carry any spares for the Denso
Paulb
Hello Paul
No but I would make sure it is a genuine Nippon Denso not a cheap Chinse copy
If you look about you will find one for about £100 or less I have fitted one to the Vitesse as well.
I needed the extra output when I went to ITB's EFI as the pump runs all the time at about 8amps which the lucas would do but gets a bit marginal with lights etc.
Plus we like to go to Spain,Portugal and Spa 6 hours etc and I could get one abroad easier!
Roger
ps The model numbers are16678-64012 10-0211-4730 plus I fitted a nice adjuster makes ajusting the belt just right
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6 minutes ago, Paul H said:
My Dynamator lasted a fortnight albeit an 1500 mile trip to Ireland . Here’s the replacement which I have yet to fit
Paul
Hello All
That is the type I have on Spitty and I must have done 30,000 to 40,000 miles plenty of power (40amp)
As a bonus you can get at No1 plug easier!
Roger
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Hello Ian
It was making 123BHP in sprint form but probably back down to 100+ now but good for touring
Roger
ps when we struggle to get in Spitty!
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7 hours ago, Iain T said:
Roger, are you building a race car or just enjoy extreme twiddlin'?
Iain
Hello Ian
Just the opposite I bought the Vitesse off a late friends widow with loads of spares
He had been using it for sprinting so I have changed the 4.1 LSD diff for a 3.65 and rebuilt and refitted the overdrive gearbox.(longer legs)
I have removed the rear anti camber kit and fitted a swing spring.
I have removed the Special head (huge valves bronze guides) and change carbs back to 150's from 175's and fitted a reworked standard head and 7/16" studs
The cam is a Chris Witor one with extra lift on both valves not just inlet.
But leaving the bottom end fully balanced and the special clutch.
But keeping the Megajolt(accounts for coil pack) and the pipe feeds oil to the front main bearing
I hope to make it still a quick car but can be used for touring (which is what we like doing Spain again this year all being well?)
Sold all the bits I have taken off(I paid to much for the car but was not going to haggle with a widow) but selling the parts has bought it down to normal ish price
Roger
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Hello All
This is mine on the work in progress(slowy) Vitesse
Roger
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Spain Tour
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Hello All (Tuesday)
We are now at Camping Castillo de Loarre (NO NOT CAMPING)
We are in a Chalet with all mod cons and Spitty parked at the side and in view of the The Castillo de Loarre
We passed through an area and I think the wind turbines had self seeded!
We were in the middle of them (see photos) and at a very rough count we could see 200+
Then a bit farther on I spotted a Dam (well you can guess the rest?)
Yes we drove over it (see photos)
We had a stop for coffee etc and filled Spitty with 98 stuff again then went passed our Camp Site to the Castillo de Loarre.
We had a good look around and a glass of Vino (see photo) before back to Camp Site which we think is an old olive grove?
What do you think of the Vino view? Can you beat it on a chance encounter?
Roger and the Memsahib
Ps Spitty has averaged 49.47mpg (even after richening the maps??)
Pps I have richened it a bit more as I could still see a few lean spots and we are up in the Pyrenees tomorrow!