Aristotle Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 My first drive in my new to me Spitfire was a bit like stepping into memories of my past. Quite a dim and distant past actually, some 40 odd years ago since my last Triumph convertible. Having in the meantime got used to the insulation you feel in using modern modes of transport the Spit was a bit of a revelation. It's low, noisy, rattles over the bumps and spoils your hair do - - but By Gum it was thrilling - the word visceral best sums it up. I particularly loved how direct and full of feeling the steering was tucking into a corner, no management system between you and the shaft of steel to the rack and out to the wheels, wonderful. I came back home feeling like James Dean and thinking of that girl - now what was her name a real looker all those years ago. So the Spit is back in it's nice warm dry garage till such time as this septuagenarian has the courage to gird his loins again for a foray into the past. I don't think it will be long. Regards to all, Your's Aristotle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 I'm afraid you're infected, there is no cure, no escape. you belong to US! Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham C Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 Enjoy, it is just the climbing out that gets harder. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 oh come on PICTURES please Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 1 hour ago, dougbgt6 said: I'm afraid you're infected, there is no cure, no escape. you belong to US! Doug You're right, 'resistance is useless' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 14 hours ago, Aristotle said: Quite a dim and distant past actually, some 40 odd years ago since my last Triumph convertible. Same here, only I bought a 13/60. I leaned to drive and passed my test in one back in 1970/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Chris A said: You're right, 'resistance is useless' Hmmm, “You can checkout anytime you like. But you can never leave” I took my test in Herald, curtesy of BSM, Feb 1960. Passed despite near throwing the examiner through the front screen, when a cyclist came off in the rain in front of us. Needless to say he didn’t ask for a “crash stop”. Pete Edited August 1, 2023 by PeteH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristotle Posted August 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 8 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: I'm afraid you're infected, there is no cure, no escape. you belong to US! Doug This is possibly true. Interesting your photo shows a very similar pale blue Vitesse to my last - all those years ago Triumph convertible, except mine was a 1600 six. My interest in the Spitfire predates that though to a time in the early 60's when a chap who belonged to our gang turned up in a brand new powder blue Spitfire - - his rather well off pater bought it for him.. Our collective chins hit the floor in envy and all these years later I decided it was now or never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristotle Posted August 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 6 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: oh come on PICTURES please Pete Very well, a reasonable example I think, things to do over the winter but I shall just enjoy for now. Pretty much everything works, except the clock ! How to fix questions will follow in due course. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 Recommend checking all fluid levels before doing many miles. The gearbox and diff have small capacities and theres been a few cases of units being damaged because of insufficient oil😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 when youre ready a tip to check the diff remove n/s wheel and access filler plug through the chassis far easier than groveling underneath the breather is just above the filler check the split pin is clear of gunge Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristotle Posted August 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 2 hours ago, johny said: Recommend checking all fluid levels before doing many miles. The gearbox and diff have small capacities and theres been a few cases of units being damaged because of insufficient oil😞 Just the kind of info required - most useful, many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristotle Posted August 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: when youre ready a tip to check the diff remove n/s wheel and access filler plug through the chassis far easier than groveling underneath the breather is just above the filler check the split pin is clear of gunge Pete I've invested in a trolley jack for just such an exercise which together with my axle stands your and Johny's advice should make the necessary checks much easier - thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 01/08/2023 at 09:11, Chris A said: You're right, 'resistance is useless' Don't you mean Futile? (Doug & Pete after their recent medical interventions) Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) “You can't throw us into space,” yelled Ford, “we're trying to write a book.” “Resistance is useless!” shouted the Vogon guard back at him. It was the first phrase he'd learnt when he joined the Vogon Guard Corps. My wife has a copy of the book, signed by Ford Prefect from when she worked with him in some theatre somewhere in the galaxy . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 2 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: (Doug & Pete after their recent medical interventions) Doug Vegans? "Look how healthy and happy we are after giving up meat!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 Yes, Chris, the Truth is not only Out There, it is worse than you think! Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz of the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council. It wasn't his cruel personality, his torture or his lack of any humanity that was worst. It was his poetry. Are you ready? Oh freddled gruntbuggly, Thy micturations are to me As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 Sincerest apologies to Aristotle for the thread drift; it happens! In any case lovely Spitfire, enjoy your trips especially into the past, especially with that casette player. It's amazing how simple things like that give so many memories and so much joy, even something like a cigar / cigarette lighter - NOT a 12v power outlet - is so familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said: thread drift; it happens! So it does,but only once per thread per day . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristotle Posted August 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 6 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said: Sincerest apologies to Aristotle for the thread drift; it happens! In any case lovely Spitfire, enjoy your trips especially into the past, especially with that casette player. It's amazing how simple things like that give so many memories and so much joy, even something like a cigar / cigarette lighter - NOT a 12v power outlet - is so familiar. I did think it was getting a little esoteric, meaning - - "intended for or likely only to be understood by a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest". Perhaps it's a Triumph thing. Any road up - as they say where I come from - thank you all for your comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 Who is this Fred Drift anyway? Is he a member? Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 I do remember Fred Dibnah?. Did he have a Triumph as well? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 well Blaster Bates was a Derek which is no help at all Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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