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...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Spitfire engine rebuild, part 2 - Crankshaft

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Really not an expert an this but after some mistakes 10 years ago I am really attempting to do this "by the book", see it's on...
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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Spitfire gearbox prep

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Started to prepare the transmission while the engine was being machined. Peeked inside and it doesn't look too bad. Apart from quite a...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Spitfire engine rebuild, part 1 - Machining

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Engine had been completely disassembled to realize that the bore measures at around 40 sometimes 60 over. So I decided to use the block from...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Steering wheel

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After yesterday's post I had to show this for the final result and motivation !
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Spitfire steering column and bushes

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Not been posting every day but I have been busy ! The steering wheel is back on the car and it should be not much appart from cleaning an...
Friday, January 10, 2014

Triumph spitfire heater box

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The spitfire heater presents a few fun challenges : 1. Some of the parts have become unavailable or extremely pricey. 2. From its exposur...
Monday, January 6, 2014

Homemade camshaft handle

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Pretty happy with my homemade camshaft handle for the spitfire. Just a fat washer with 2 holes drilled for the bolts and rod welded onto...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Major milestone !

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The body is back on the chassis ! I know, i know... it still doesn't look like much of a car but believe me this is a major step (i mig...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

Spitfire body tub mounting points

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Exciting, I prepared all the nuts and bolts for the tub coming back tomorrow. This might come in handy, here are all the connecting points...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

Spitfire overdrive retrofit, part 2 - The support plate

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Telling the story as i make progress. You will need a different support plate because the gearbox silent bloc is different on the overd...

Installing and greasing the spitfire universal joints

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Not a job I especially like. I somehow always end up putting grease everywhere (everywhere i dont want it like tools, hands and bench). ...
Monday, December 23, 2013

Waterproofing

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11 hours of banging, sanding, welding today ! Sprint to get the tub ready for tomorrow. Almost every piece of rusty metal has been replaced...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

Getting close !

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Big progress today although I did not do as much as I had hoped. Check this, starting to look good ! Not super happy with the junction I ma...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Replacing the ring gear on the triumph spitfire flywheel

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Finally a job that did not take longer than expected ! My gears were in really bad shape as you can see on the photo. It is possible to bu...
Monday, December 9, 2013

Stitch welding

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Second floor panel in in place. Now that's what you call some stitch welding. Did an (offset) overlap, makes for much easier but bette...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Spitfire overdrive retrofit, part 1 - The buy

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Oh yeah, did I mention i was using the opportunity to add an overdrive ? It gives an extra gear in 3rd and 4th, makes the driving nicer a...
Monday, December 2, 2013

Spot weld removal - The can opener technique

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I have one of these spot weld cutter drill bit from harbor freight that mainly consists of cutting a circle around the spot weld then you gr...
Sunday, December 1, 2013

Seat attachment on floor boards or murphy's law

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As i was getting the second floor board ready i had one of these feelings where maybe i should check that these bolts welded on align with t...