Saturday, September 9, 2017

Spitfire wheel alignement

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Whit brand new tires, didn't want to wait too long to do a proper full wheel alignment and confirm that the car is straight. I had don...

Spitfire wheels and bits

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With a third gear I was able to now focus on making the car easier (and less dangerous) to drive. Prority 1 the wheels. Tires were of cour...

Triumph spitfire gearbox "almost" rebuild

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Since the third gear would pop out as soon as you would press the accelerator and the linkage was ok, no choice but to pull the gearbox aga...

Spitfire "Controle technique"

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This one goes back to one year ago - September 2016 With temporary insurance and after double checking everything works I was ready to dri...

Spitfire play in suspension bushes

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It is raining this saturday afternoon, a good time to catch up on blog uodates. Been silent for over a year but a lot got done ! This one...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

First time driving on the road

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I got a few strange looks as I drove the car to the gas station ! SP98, only the best for little spitfire. Was able to do this as it i...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Spitfire windshield install

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The windshield is in ! Huge milestone and big thanks to my friend Bruno who helped installing. My 3 step process is different than what...
Sunday, May 1, 2016

Triumph spitfire speedometer and tachometer repair

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I have had the dash cluster ready for a while and after installing the right cable for speedo and tacho I decided it was best to give them a...
Sunday, April 17, 2016

Ignition key fun

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I think the picture below is better than words. And this is why you don't buy cheap key barrel... In the end i put the old one back i...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Spitfire manifold

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I knew i had a crack in the manifold. My plan was to weld it using the bbq to heat up and cool down and pneumatic hamer on the weld techniqu...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Rebuilding the entire electric harness and fusebox for the spitfire

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Looking at my old harness it was clearly too old as many wires were cracked, and some melted. I agreed as well that 3 fuse as on standard Tr...
Friday, February 5, 2016

Sorting through sealed beam units for the spitfire

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Didn't know know these existed till i had this car. The glass and light bulb are one unit. I had some spares and had to try them al...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

Engine break in video

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Finally it's running !
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An attempt at fixing the spitfire heater valve

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As I filled the radiator with coolant liquid, within a few days it was leaking everywhere : Hoses, block drain tap, water pump and heater va...
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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Getting the spitfire ready for first start

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Last sprint to get everything ready for a first start ! - Gas : gravity fed by a bottle connected to the hood. - Oil : Got a temporary ...
Sunday, December 6, 2015

Putting oil in the spitfire gearbox and overdrive

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Tonight filled up the gearbox in preparation for the (soon to be I hope) first drive. There's square plug on the side where to fill ...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Spitfire water pump and valve gaps

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So... Now that I tidied my new garage and found all the spitfire parts, for the past 2 months I have been working on the car when I had a ...
Saturday, October 3, 2015

Time flies

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A lot of time went by since this happened. The spitfire was delivered in France in a container in April 2014. It had to go from the co...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Spitfire gets on a boat

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This post is 2 weeks overdue. As maybe you could tell i had some serious fire under my &$$ to get this project moving ! Reason is w...
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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Did I mention massive progress ?

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A picture will speak better than words. Notice the freshly painted engine in the foreground. Big thanks to Ben and Thomas for helping pu...