Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Body tub strengthening

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Added 2 bars so the body doesnt fold at the door level. Did some banging on the trunk as well to set closer to straight. Looks the body ...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Floors prep

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Realized i had a few more things to do before separating the body from the chassis, such as removing a previous owner attempt at fixing the ...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Spitfire dismantling - part 6

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Good progress this week end, finished around the trunk area. Almost everything connected to the body tub is off. Next steps are prepare ...
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Spitfire dismantling - Part 5

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Wire harness is finally off the car, been looking forward to that moment, but not looking forward to when I will have to reconnect everythin...
Sunday, April 8, 2012

Spitfire dismantling - Part 4

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Visible progress made tonight, doors and windshield are off !
Sunday, April 1, 2012

Spitfire engine on its way to machine shop

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All right, engine and head are completely apart, will take it to the machine shop this week, hopefully for some good news ! Check out the ...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

A bad case of "now that i have gone this far i might as well do that"

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So... There's been a shift from engine paint and minor repairs to full on overhaul. Following the advice that i should do it wel...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Head is off !

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Scratching my head as to what to do next :-)
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Spitfire engine stand

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Engine is finally on stand ! Will make working on it much easier.

Spitfire accelerator linkage

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I could not remove the pin whatever i tried, push, pull, hammer, drill you name it. Had no choice but to cut the end and finally got it in t...
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Spitfire dismantling - part 3

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Great progress made today ! Not much left in the engine bay, tried to label things as much as possible and lots of photos. Hopefully...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Engine is off !

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That's it, did not take long. Now here is some advice, if you ask your wife to help you and lower the crane, tell her to turn th...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Spitfire dismantling - part 2

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Next step, engine is coming out !
Sunday, February 26, 2012

Spitfire dismantling - part 1

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Ok it's not going as fast as I was hoping but eh, some of these bolts have been stuck for over 40 years. I still did some noticeable p...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

3, 2, 1 ready ...

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Last ride today. All is in place, dismantling starts tonight !
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Spitfire drive movie

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I have an other proof it drives at least semi ok, took my longest drive ever today for at least 15 minutes ! Sorry forgot I had the waterpr...
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Broken intake manifold heater pipe

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Went for an other ride around the block, car starts so well now, what a pleasure to start on first key turn, choke on full for 5 seconds, th...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Rotisserie 2

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Good progress on the spitfire rotisserie tonight !
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Generator brushes

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Slow progress this week end, but did some of those things that had been on the back burner for a while. Replaced the brushes on the generato...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Spitfire rotisserie

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Started work on the rotisserie, exciting !