Bill Chapman

Member ID: chappy444

Member Status: Free Member
Bel Air, MD, USA

Member Since: 2010-05-25
Home Site: The Triumph Experience

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Last Login: 2012-02-09 05:39:39
Last Forum Activity: 2012-02-09 12:10:16
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Bill Chapman's Vehicle Registry

1975 Triumph 1500
"The Little Red Car"
FM33380U0

1 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 49,556 mi (79,753 km) -- Average age: 1975

Member Journal – Bill Chapman's Journal

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Test Drives And Squishy Bits

Posted on: Wednesday February 23, 2011

now that i have the beast in a (somewhat) drivable condition i can start to put together a hit list... for the record, everytime i drive the car my hit list gets longer and longer. the first thing i notice is that the car has more rattles and hums than a U2 album bonnet locating pins are shot so the bonnet is buzzing on the firewall, ashtray insert lid makes a rediculous buzzy rattle noise, rearview mirror glass rattles in the housing and there is something in the trunk that just won't qu...

Lots Of Cleaning And Some Carb Work

Posted on: Wednesday February 23, 2011

under all the grime was a fairly solid spitfire...it is going to need some work, make no mistake. the first order of business is to get it going down the road so i can shake the rest of the problems out of it. new tune up parts, coil, cap, rotor, wires.... the PO had installed a pertronix module, weber DGAV, and a monza exhaust so i guess he wasn't all bad. i got the carb issue sorted...it seems that the mechanic i bought it from, who claimed to have rebuilt the carb in an attempt to fix...

The Begining

Posted on: Friday May 28, 2010

All good stories have a begining, weather or not this will be a good story will be revealed in the telling. Back in the mid 70's a friend of my dad bought a yellow Spitfire and dropped by our house to show my dad. Dad was working on this guys 36 Plymouth coupe at the time and I was about 7 years old. My dads friend took me for a ride in that little yellow car and I was hooked. Ever since I have been able to drive I have wanted one of these cars. However, I understood that this car was n...