Saturday, April 6, 2013

Why you should grease the spitfire differential bolt

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Needed to take the differential off from the parts car because the casing is broken on the one I have. After much heavy banging, days of...
Saturday, March 30, 2013

Spitfire battery box replacement

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It's one of these jobs once complete you think eh wasn't that bad but it was a pain. The only difficult part is to remove the old ba...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Spitfire steering rack

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 Probably one of the most messy jobs so far. Fully dismantled the steering rack, cleaned everything and re-greased. There was nothing that l...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Steering rack pin

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Argh so annoyed ! Just spent hours removing the fresh steering rack I had just installed and removing the one from my parts car just because...
Sunday, March 3, 2013

Spitfire passenger floor

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Finally started installing my homemade passenger foot floor. Was quite a learning experience to make it and fitting is not easy either ! L...
Saturday, January 5, 2013

Spitfire copper brake lines

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Finished all the brakes lines that go on the chassis tonight. Takes a while, especially when you realize you forgot the nut after you have ...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

Heater for parts washer

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Did an interesting upgrade to my parts washer today that I thought my interest some. As my garage is only a couple degrees over freezing in...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

Front suspension

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Front suspension is finally assembled, with poly bushes and all moving parts replaced. Assembly of the driver side proved more difficult...
Sunday, December 2, 2012

triumph spitfire front bearings replacement

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Since everything is apart it would be a shame not to replace the bearings as they are not expensive. Much easier when you have done onc...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Changing the springs and shocks

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As always with this kind of operation precaution is the key word, actually made a plate as suggested in the spitfire magazine, and that made...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Starting on front suspension

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Got one side completely dismantled then sandblasted and powdercoated the arms. Now need to order the poly bushes for an impeccable ride ...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

Rocker patch fabrication

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Been cutting templates out of thin cardboard, it's time well spent so the part fits right and need to use only very little filler bef...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Inner sill repair

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Behind the damaged rocker panel was a damaged sill... Turns out to be more work than ecpected but i want to do this right. Home made repair ...
Sunday, September 30, 2012

Floor bodywork

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Starting on the bodywork and will work my way from front to back, am still way at the front ! Unfortunately there's more damage than i...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Spitfire hub puller

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Been wanting to have one of these triumph tools for a while... Basically due to the conical shape of the shaft and the hub, these 2 always ...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Spitfire rotisserie blueprint

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Some have asked, so here is some more info on the rotisserie. Use it to make your own from whatever materials you have available, many have ...
Monday, September 3, 2012

Spitfire body is on rotisserie

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Big milestone today, the body tub finally moved from sitting on top the parts car to the homemade rotisserie. I can now start painting and f...
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Sunday, September 2, 2012

I hate paint

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Not happy with the paint result but eh it's all good learning. My best tips for next time : - keep the outside door opened - filte...
Friday, August 31, 2012

Protective coat

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Getting ready to spray more of that black epoxy coat on the hood and various bits. Improving the technique !
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Chassis paint

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Got some black epoxy paint. Did the top side with a brush hoping that it would fill ok. Not so good so i sprayed the other side.