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Michael Stoliker
Member ID: britsnspits
Member Status: Gold Member  Bethlehem, PA, USA 
Last Login: 2012-05-21 07:44:21
Forum Activity: 2012-05-21 22:56:19 Forum Posts: 3,211 Top Contributor |
1 Vehicles --
Total mileage: 27,000 mi (43,452 km) --
Average age: 1978
There are 15 total entries in this Journal.
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Posted on: Sunday May 20, 2012
I'm now the proud owner of two Spitfires. I brought home a 1976 Spitfire offered for free on this website. Being out of work, I should probably have my head examined as I want to put this car on the road as well as my first Spit, the "Tomato". However, since the rust problems are starting to look insurmountable and there's that small problem of no title, I'll probably break this poor car up for parts. I have to say it breaks my heart to consider this, but it was the plan all along. On t...
Posted on: Sunday October 9, 2011
Here we are with summer gone and winter closing in and the Spitfire still hasn't seen the road. I'm not finding the time to work on the car as much as I'd like and I really need the therapy. I've finally returned to the rust on the bulkhead and have removed the worst of the metal. I have to decide how much further to go with the rust around the perimeter. As you can see in the first picture, there are some areas that are holed and too thin to ignore. But I'm wondering if some of it can'...
Posted on: Wednesday September 14, 2011
I've read somewhere that of all our senses, the sense of smell is most closely tied to memory. I was reminded of this recently while working on my Chrysler Cirrus, which having originally come from the Buffalo New York area, is slowly succumbing to salt poisoning. I was working on the front brakes which had developed a rust induced squeal that when fed back throught the speaker at a drive-through was producing noises that would have made Jimmy Hendrix jealous. The problem wasn't caused ...
Posted on: Sunday July 31, 2011
I haven't managed to do anything on the Spitfire in quite a while as life has intruded on my dreams again. The Tomato has been sitting in the back yard where it has been exiled since our kid's graduation party. It looks so sad and lonely under the maple tree. The seat of honor under our carport has been selfishly usurped by my daughter's Neon which has annoyingly decide to start randomly, and certainly not when most needed. I've been over every inch of the wiring and can't find the problem. ...
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