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Jonathan CroninMembership Status: Member Member Since: 2010-01-08 Home Site: The Triumph Experience Location: Cardiff/Wales, United Kingdom  Email: [Sign in to view] Website: [No website] Last Login: 2010-05-22 22:42:18 Last Forum Posts: 2010-05-24 13:01:03 Forum Posts: 23 |
3 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 80,166 mi (129,015 km) -- Average age: 1964
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Posted on: Sunday May 23, 2010
Things going well (ish!) This weekend I removed the windscreen glass and the surround then removed the dashtop. This was a little nervy as the dashtop are notorious for splitting and the very early Spitfires have a different dashtop to almost the rest of the Mk1, 2 and 3 production which all had the same. The early dashtops had no extended lip over the instrument cluster - it's not a documented change but it's beleived to have been chanegd sometime after the 1st 1000 cars or so were built. Fo...
Posted on: Thursday April 22, 2010
So thinhgs are going pretty well with the restoration of FC316. The very good condition chassis from FC14255 (already blasted and powder coated) has allowed me to start the suspension rebuild. The front suspension has been painted and overhauled with new polybushes, bolts, shocks, springs, trunnions and new discs. The only problem I've having is getting the correct fitting order/bolts for the vertical links, caliper mounting plate and steering control arms - these were changed...
Posted on: Wednesday April 7, 2010
I've got got my hands on the 1963 Spitfire4 FC14255. No body (apart from the doors) or interior but all the mechanicals are in place and in great condition. This includes some rare bits and pieces that I've been after for ages including a rubber Plenum chamber for the heater box drain pipe; Front bumper brackets; and the correct extended height brake master cylinder and of course a fully rebuilt MK1 engine, gearbox, differential, a great powder coated chassis and a fibreglass MK1 bonnet. <br ...
Posted on: Monday March 29, 2010
Nice easy job replacing the starter motor om my Mk3 Spitire which had burnt out (after sticking on) luckily I had a spare one in the garage and it was a pretty simple 30 minute job. Also took the opportunity to remove the Formula GT Steering wheel and refit my original steering wheel (with period brown leather Cosmic coolgrip steering wheel glove!). the formula GT is going up for sale on eBay. I'm having a little clear out to make way for the new donor Spitfire MK1 parts so the ...
Posted on: Wednesday March 24, 2010
Lots of Angle grinder work!! Cut the front wings off the bonnet (they really were just too far gone to try and repair!) and removed the bonnet tubes ready for blast cleaning. Then cleaned up the rear deck seat ythat I removed from a 1976 Spitfire 1500 donor car - this is in remarkably good condition (and is one of the few panels that never really changed over the Spitfire production lifecycle. Hope to but a rear deck this week too which will solve a problem. More Mig Welding pra...
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