- 141. RE: Muffler choices (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:09:20 -0400
- I haven't seen anyone reply to your query for a suggestion on a muffler. Let me suggest that to keep your Triumph all Triumph that you use a GT6 muffler. Looks good and sounds it as well. Will fit f
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00406.html (8,008 bytes)
- 142. RE: 1500 Front Licence Plate Location (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 07:21:56 -0400
- As BillG states, angle iron brackets work. When I bought my car in 1975, there wasn't a front license plate bracket. (The original UK number plate was pop-riveted to the lower valance). I knew that
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00705.html (8,932 bytes)
- 143. For Sale SE Michigan (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 12:50:13 -0400
- Found this in the local biweekly rag. The normal disclaimers 1967 Triumphs Spitfire MK2 Red w/black soft top & interior. Chrome wires. Extra parts. Runs great! $3,000/best offer. (248)348-3898 after
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00714.html (6,599 bytes)
- 144. RE: Unusual Spitfire Sighting (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 07:42:50 -0400
- To see another 4 wheel drive Spitfire, check out: http://www.detroittriumph.org/photos.html near the bottom of the page. Not on a Jeep chassis, but rather a Suzuki Samuri with a V6. Doug
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00782.html (8,634 bytes)
- 145. Re: License Plate Bracket (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 09:13:20 -0400
- Last week, Keith Stewart asked about these for a MkIV/1500 Spit. I replied that I had bought a set through the dealer in the UK. Although I am not as old as Joe Curry, my memory is going before his.
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00788.html (7,024 bytes)
- 146. RE: Jonmac (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:55:28 -0400
- Fred, I think that John dropped off the Spit list, but I believe he is still on the Triumph list. He dropped off when we were spending a lot of time discussing the NASS. Doug
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01143.html (7,514 bytes)
- 147. One day, 2 Island, 3 Nation Tour (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:53:41 -0400
- The call came a couple of weeks ago. Well, OK, it wasn't a call, but a half page article in the Triumph Review, the newsletter of the Detroit Triumph Sportscar Club. There it was, an article on the 3
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01144.html (10,835 bytes)
- 148. Good Deal on a "Used" Car (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:01:00 -0400
- Although it isn't an lbc, I thought you guys would enjoy this. http://mitchka.home.mindspring.com/carforsale.html Doug -- Doug Mitchell mailto:dbmitch@peoplepc.com '73 Spitfire 1500
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01145.html (6,687 bytes)
- 149. RE: One day, 2 Island, 3 Nation Tour (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 07:03:18 -0400
- Not sure whether or not they pay taxes, but if they do, it isn't to the US. You go through customs after leaving the island, not upon arriving. Doug
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01176.html (8,240 bytes)
- 150. Battle of the Brits (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 07:07:34 -0400
- The 18th annual Battle of the Brits is coming up quickly. This show is in Sterling Heights, Michigan, and is put on by the Detroit Triumph Sportscar Club. For information, go to the DTSC web site: ht
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01177.html (6,625 bytes)
- 151. RE: Run it Hard!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 13:33:35 -0400
- I understand. I am looking to buy another Triumph. My wife asked me if I was going to get rid of my Spit. I told her I was as attached to the Spit as I was to her. (We've been married 27+ years, I'v
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00125.html (8,812 bytes)
- 152. RE: RHD headlight questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 07:59:13 -0400
- The pattern by default dips right on the RHD headlamps. This is to say that the pattern will be higher on the left. Caution, poor ASCII art follows: ___ \___. Left hand drive is more like ___. ___/
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00172.html (8,617 bytes)
- 153. RE: O/D switch momentary or two pole? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 11:19:43 -0400
- As Mark writes, it is hard to do, but not impossible. Although I am not sure why you would want to eliminate OD on 3rd gear, what you would need to do is to take the shift extension off, and machine
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00234.html (8,884 bytes)
- 154. RE: Dash Bits (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 11:23:30 -0400
- This sounds like the rheostat for the dash lights. This was installed on the later 1500s, ISTR around 1976. Doug Mitchell dbmitchell@bigfoot.com '73 Spitfire 1500 w/o rheostat
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00236.html (7,940 bytes)
- 155. RE: Engine setup Problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 09:32:16 -0400
- Phil and Benjamin, Well, the three things necessary for an engine to run are fuel, ignition and compression. If you have fuel and spark, the only thing remaining is compression. Was the engine runnin
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00265.html (9,968 bytes)
- 156. Tulsa, OK lister? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:24:41 -0400
- Fellow Triumphists, Is there a member of either of these lists that currently resides in Tulsa, OK? I have a friend in Tulsa that has a TR7 that he wants to sell. Although he will send me some photos
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00774.html (6,687 bytes)
- 157. RE: 70 Spit FS Calif. CHEAP (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 09:46:07 -0400
- Almost, but not quite. If this was one of the first cars into the States, it could have been sold as a 1970. I have an engine that came out of a MK IV built in October 1970. I can see how it might ha
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00792.html (8,119 bytes)
- 158. RE: 70 Spit FS Calif. CHEAP (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 11:15:49 -0400
- Doug
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00799.html (8,454 bytes)
- 159. RE: Rear suspension spring (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:51:32 -0400
- Simon, There should be a tag bolted to the brackets that hold the spring together. This is the 'front'. In all honesty, I cannot find any difference between the front and rear. I don't think that it
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00861.html (8,078 bytes)
- 160. Spit for sale - SE Michigan (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 10:27:41 -0400
- Spitted ones, from the local rag, the usual disclaimers apply: 1978 Triumph Spitfire. 45,000 miles, exceptionally clean, hard top, showroom condition. $6500 (810)229-7630 This telephone number puts t
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00395.html (6,708 bytes)
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