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dave.vitesse

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  • Birthday 17/02/1948

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    Thatcham, Berkshire, UK
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    Loads of different Triumphs since 1965. At present a Herald, Vitesse and TR7.

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  1. Well done Colin and I agree about the quality of the film. The design digs were also directed at BMC as well as Rootes. Dave
  2. There were a lot of kit cars around about that period. i.e. Put this fibreglass body on your Ford Pop and make yourself a sports car. Though I must admit it looks to good to be one of those! Dave
  3. May well be a Harrington Alpine. Dave
  4. The normal problem is the heated inlet manifold pipe outlets are blocked at the heater end. Do not try to undo the banjo bolt as is will shear off. Remove the hoses and carefully clean out the pipes with a piece of stiff wire and water. Then flush the heater and valve. Dave.
  5. The Vitesse 6 (1600) has the same oil filler cap crank breathing arrangement as the 948/1200 Herald. Also early Big Saloons (2000) had the same. The 2 Litre Vitesse models have the close circuit set-up. I have the same problems with brain recall. Dave
  6. The Herald 1200 rocker box has a large oil filler cap which contains oil socked wire gauze. It vents directly into the air through holes on its underside. It works in conjunction with the crankcase breather on the side of the engine. The service notes say that you wash out the cap with petrol, leave to dry and then re-fill with engine oil. If I remember every 6,000 miles. Basically you need a bigger washable filter on the end of the pipe coming out of the alloy rocker box. Dave
  7. Generally ST Engines were painted Engine/Chassis Black. Satin Black look very similar. There were some gold seal engines painted in gold coloured paint. Dave
  8. I went through the TSSC website to complete the survey without any problems. Just the normal log in. Dave
  9. The 13/60 doesn't have a diff mount. But does have a mount from the boot outrigger to the rear of the silencer box. In other words there are two mountings on the rear silencer. The correct/original boot out rigger for Herald has two brackets for mounting the silencer. Where as the Mk2 Vitesse only has the one. There is a hole drilled in the diff carrier on the 13/60 Herald, so if you want you can fit this mount. Dave
  10. The Mk2 Vitesse has three exhaust mounting points. One off the bell housing, the second off the diff carrier and the third off the boot outrigger where the exhaust tail pipe comes out of the box. I haven't come across a mount from the gearbox area. Dave
  11. The Newbury Area folk had all booked. We had all the normal suspects and managed to also increase the numbers above that. It's disappointing the overall support wasn't there for this major event. The club were quite right in not taking the hit in losses. The way I look at it "it's use or lose". Don't blame the club if members end up in a field full of cowpats next year! Dave
  12. Thanks Jane for the up-date. It's sad but the club has to remain solvent and without the support an event like the Inter-Club won't happen. Dave
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