[GT6 MK1 ANTI ROLL BAR]

Is not a Mk1Gt6 AR|B the same as a Spitfire or Herald or Vitesse one?

 

If not available new, then there must be loads about secondhand.

 

Cheers

 

Colin

[Best wheels for a MkIV Spitfire?]

A 74 sould have long shafts.

 

Worth checking it still does, it gives 2" more track at the rear than a short shaft car. Hopefully someone will come up with a measurement for you to check.

 

I asked as you mentioned the wheel looking like they don't fill the arches. It is very noticeable on a short shaft car.

 

Cheers

 

Colin

[Spitfire Mk3 Wheels - a few questions]

Dave

 

As you have taken a fancy to 5.5J hubcap wheels, be prepared for the cost (perhaps best to sit down!), and also the fact that they are rarly ever straight.

 

4.5J Vitesse / Estate wheels are cheap option.

 

What size are the oval hole wheels you have??

 

4.5J I suspect.

 

Cheers

 

Colin

[Best wheels for a MkIV Spitfire?]

Shaun

 

Have you got short shafts or long shafts?

 

Cheers

 

Colin

[Domed Pistons]

you should be able to tell if you have a dome-topped piston suitable head by measuring, and you can see the domes through a plug hole, if you have them.

 

Cheers

[Help!! 2000 Mk2 Newbie]

The OIL spec says 20W50, Any recommendations or anything to avoid? Is it just a case of going for Castrol Classic? Looking at the various manuals one says 4.55L, another says 5.1L, I wonder if the lower is without a filter change?

 

I seem not to have a Fog light - I assume that is still needed to be added to pass an MOT despite its age ?

 

 

Try Valvoline VR1 20/50. Seems very good, Buy from Eurocarparts, especially when they are offering additional discount. Lots of the other cheapo ones are pretty poor quality now, degrade very badly very quickly. Other options are Millers Classic Sport 20/50 or they also do a 20/60.

 

You do not need a fog light, so remove it and any switch for it, makes life simpler.

 

Cheers

 

Colin

[Unusual Spitfire Mk3 for sale - anyone know this car?]

I believe it is just a "bitsa".

 

Cheers

 

Colin

[Triumph Spitfire Mk3 Body tub]

Might be worth the journey for the price.... :-)

[Triumph Spitfire Mk3 Body tub]

I think they are having you over!

 

I see you are in Warwicks.

 

I know someone in Norfolk who can probably help you for a lot less that that.

 

Number in the Courier, I am Suffolk AO.

 

Cheers

 

Colin

[Triumph Spitfire Mk3 Body tub]

You won't, unless you buy a car with a good tub and break it. Kinda defeats the purpose.

 

What is wrong with your tub??

 

Cheers

 

Colin

[Spitfire works rally roof]

Think I've got the right answer. Massey Ferguson tractor! Yes really!

 

There was a good reason for that, the 2 factories were next to each other, so part sharing was "over the fence" at times ISTR

[How rare are Mk1 and Mk2 GT6's for restoration?]

There are quite a few projects about, and people sometimes have unrealistic expectations as to what they are worth.

 

So they stary about. Eventually the price does drop a bit.

 

As to what to pay, how complete it is determins the price. Lots of parts are now very hard to get. Seats cost a lot to rebuild, assuming originals still fitted, which usually they are not.

 

You are probably better buying a road-worthy but tired one.

 

That said, I do know where there is a Mk1 project, and the owner is vulnerable at the moment as his marriage is breaking down, so may be available.

 

Cheers

 

Colin

[Rocker oil starvation! eeeek!]

Hag

 

I suspect the clue maybe in the fact that you have found small o-rings.

 

Do you know the history of the engine??

 

I wonder if the car had an external feed at some point (properly, as in the passage in the headf was blocked with a grub screw), someone tried fitting o-rings to limit oil consumption, and then a later owner removed teh feed.

 

Possible???

 

Fit a feed with a limiter.

[V5C Spitfire description]

Morning,

 

I've got a 1967 (November) Spitfire Mk3 with an FD chassis number, but it says 'Spitfire Mark 2' on the V5.  

 

Cheers

 

Stephen

 

Me too.

 

Don't bother unless it becomes a problem.

[Anyone in London ??]

Round North London there is also Picton Sports Car at Cheshunt and Mordale Motors at Potters Bar if you need work doing on your car, or assistance.

 

The North London area folded a few years ago, most of us went to the Club Triumph meet at Crews Hill anyway, so we just kept going there.

 

Cheers

 

Colin

[GT6 Mark 1 Steering Wheel - hornpush mounting assembly unit]

There is a very nice man in France I believe who makes these on a 3D printer.

 

And very good they look too.

 

Cheers

[Loss of power when engine hot]

The Piranha / Newtronic ignitions are fairly easy to fix,. they are just a couple of transistors and discrete components.

 

If you are not up for fixing it (probably a dry joint) then leep your eye out for a replacement box, they come up on Ebay occasionally.

 

The Piranha is a far superior system to most of the modern ones.

 

Cheers

 

Colin

 

p.s. do not throw it away, give me a shout if it need rehoming!!

[Getting my PI tomorrow]

not all gone to plan   sadly 

the pi was hesitant not wanting  to pull strongly  or  to rev  under load  and a sooty exhaust

 

That sounds like a normal PI :-)

 

Well the sooty exhaust anyway.

[MOT]

I suspect Garth does not stock Superflex 2000 bushes as he sources them from Chris Witor.

 

Garth does sell some Stag bushes though.......

[Too tall to Triumph??]

It is quite possible to get 2 6ft plus 18 stone blokes into a GT6.

 

I am sure at least of of them was 6ft4.

 

It did require one to push the other less flexible one in... :-)

 

Find yourself a local meet, or let us know where you are and there may be someone about who can let you try one for size.

[Midday or midnight]

The clue is in the AM and PM.

 

I found this explanation....

 

“AM” stands for the Latin phrase Ante Meridiem —which means “before noon”—and “PM” stands for Post Meridiem : “after noon.” Although digital clocks routinely label noon “12:00 PM” you should avoid this expression not only because it is incorrect, but because many people will imagine you are talking about midnight instead. The same goes for “12:00 AM.” Just say or write “noon” or “midnight” when you mean those precise times.

 

Any teh wiser??Thought not

[Enjoying the forum]

Regardless of practicalities, isn't it wonderful to hear of brides asking for Dad's old Triumph (or anyone's similar type old car for that matter) rather than the default white limousine, usually a DS420, Beauford or (if you can afford it) a pre-war Rolls-Royce. 

 

(or if you don't know cars, being conned in thinking you have a pre-war Rolls-Royce....... it happens!)

 

Ripping the passenger front seat out of an open top Triumph could work reasonably well   Some do that with Beaufords.

 

It's all stretched Hummers round our way....

 

They do the brides by day... and the slappers by night.

[Canley Classics CV kit]

I know a number of people who have fitted the kit, and have not had any complaints.

 

You still retain the problem of shimming the rear bearings (it uses a 1500FWD CV joint).

 

The alternative is the Nick Jones / Josh Bowler setup,

 

That uses R100 driveshafts and the vertical link is machined to suit.

 

But sourcing the parts can be a problem now.

 

Cheers

 

Colin

[Exhaust system for 1500 Herald?]

One thing to note.

 

A Bell Semi-Sports Spitfire / GT6 rear transverse box is much louder than the full sports twin boxes.

 

I had one of those...  once.

[Insurance.......Grrrrrrrrrr!!]

I wonder if you have a LAncaster insurance policy rather than a TSSC panel policy arranged through Lancaster?

 

If you get my drift.

 

Cheers

 

Colin