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https://www.canleyclassics.com/?catalogue=triumph-spitfire-mkiv/1500&diagram=triumph-spitfire-mkiv/1500-gear-lever

The alloy knob should be attached to the stick as per the special lock nuts as per the above diagram.

https://www.canleyclassics.com/?diagram=triumph-spitfire-mkiv/1500-chassis-frame&ptno=121770

Yes we have a few hundred of those (all carefully checked used ones).

3 hours ago, glang said:

Yes with the small reservoir really recommend adding an extender, Girling part number 64947008 (dont get the larger size one), as this increases capacity and lets you see a drop in level without removing the cap...

The Triumph part number for the extension is 213691 if it helps track one down.

On 11/03/2024 at 17:28, Clive said:

https://www.canleyclassics.com/?product=gt6-door-glass

Clive thanks for the link, but they are NCA. We had been importing a crate full of GT6 door glass from a company in Spain every couple of months and selling them into the trade, and retail. However that company disappeared off the radar, and aren't answering any method of communication we have been trying, Shame as they were really good quality.

That bolt is available new;

https://www.canleyclassics.com/?canvas=home&ptno=136869

We bought in a Stag once from a local chap. He had given up on it because not long  after a service from a reputable classic car specialist it quickly lost oil pressure.

It turned out they had done a through job of cleaning out the oil filter housing, including disassembling it, but in the reassembly they had put the bypass valve the wrong end of the filter.

A crank grind later, and a correctly orientated oil filter arrangement it had fantastic pressure.

We have a selection of 2000/2.5 used auto oil coolers all from working cars if you get stuck.

2 hours ago, glang said:

Its where to get the bits from as its so expensive to get them produced in such limited numbers and then convince customers theyre worth the extra. Wonder if Canley just 'fettle' the parts that are already available which would be more economically viable....

No its not like that at all!

We regularly buy in the tat kits sold elsewhere, made down to a price abroad, to check to see if things have improved. Meanwhile we soldier on having everything in our kits made individually within a 30 odd mile radius of here. That way if issues arise we can sort it usually face to face with the manufacturer.

Also believe it or not, our kits are still cheaper than some of the competition.

No need to guess on here regarding product knowledge on this sort of thing, just ask.

Here is a link to cylinder liners;

https://www.canleyclassics.com/?canvas=home&ptno=158941

Not normally a stock item, but we should be able to get some in short order.

Coincidentally we had a block go through machining last week that had previously been linered, its not that rare

6 hours ago, Wendy Dawes said:

, a blue one was on the 2000 register stand at the 

Wendy the blue one is a factory car, not Atlantic Garages !

5 hours ago, Wendy Dawes said:

, Triumph never produced them but maybe should have. .  

Yes Triumph did build some! More than a dozen, but no firm numbers. We have factory estate, and and least one if the saloons survives. The Atlantic garages (Del Lines) things were built without factory authority, and they stopped building them after Triumph threatened them with legal action. I have worked on a some of the Lines cars, and they were very shoddily put together. Hopefully most of that initial 'build quailty' has been restored out of them by now.

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There was more than one, we own a factory Stag V8 estate.

Hi, yes we have New / Second hand LH ones on stock and could probably find you a good RH one out too!

https://www.canleyclassics.com/?product=adjustable-upper-wishbones&ptno=132764R

https://www.canleyclassics.com/?product=adjustable-upper-wishbones&ptno=132764

Clare@

Canley Classics

There really is a lot of guff on the tinternet about petrol. Fuel stabilizers, E10, octane boosters, super unleaded, blah, bloody blah!

We have a sizeable collection of motor vehicles some of which sit around for some considerable time. The only time any of them have been treated to anything other than the cheapest forecourt fuel is if I'm venturing out onto a track in any of them.

Never had any issues with fuel other than one filling on the RBRR in Scotland when we did it in the WC PI a few years back.

TR5. Bought it when I was 16 for £600, which is what it cost me to insure after I passed my test a month later after my 17 birthday.

We used a good spread of the fleet last year;

Stag - about 2,000 miles including Scotland trip, and the odd weekend trip out.

Chicane - early in the year as everyday car , say 1,500 miles.

Courier Van - RBRR, and everyday car since, say, 3,500 miles.

GT6 MKIII - RBRR, and off, and on when the weathers nice, say 2,500 miles.

WC Rally PI - Gaydon show, and intermittent everyday car, say 500 miles.

Standard Atlas Van - Had to move my Mothers reclining chair (very heavy!), and a couple of weeks as my everyday transport in the summer say 200 miles.

V8 MKIII saloon prototype - trip to Wales, and intermittent everyday car, say 1,200 miles.

Standard Atlas Campervan - Several trips including Cornwall again, say 2,000 miles.

On 09/12/2021 at 14:19, Jason C said:

That’s pretty incredible, you guys were like a Triumph production factory in your own right. 🔥

Where did you source that amount of gearbox’s - did owners always swap?

Every conversion had a refundable surcharge against return on the none overdrive box. Also we used to get regular visits from all the local scrappers with pickup's full of core. We would pay approximately double what the yards would pay so it kept them coming. We couldn't be choosy though as we didn't want to annoy them, so we ended up with all sorts, including lots of Volvo, Rootes group, MG (wash your mouth out), and even the odd Jag overdrive box.

Long before the tinternet JK paid the DVLA a considerable fee to garner similiar information as to survivors of the models the business concentrated on.  Bearing in mind this was the mid 80's even back then we knew the information was seriously flawed.

I recall the total number of early Spitfires listed as 6! Typically there used to be more Spitfire 4 (MKI&II) owners  visiting the shop on a Saturday than that!

On 05/12/2021 at 09:52, Jason C said:

Thanks glang, typically do people have the original propshaft cut down and balanced? I guess ideally, if a spare propshaft could be sourced and that reduced, should you want to revert in the future. 

We stopped modifying props to go with conversions some ten years before we stopped selling them. This was simply because by the time a prop has got to be thirty plus years old chances are that the slider, u/j's, and in some cases flanges are generally all knackered. At this stage you might end up with just the tube which is the cheapest bit (used to cost us a tenner!), and that made it simply uneconomic to refurbish them.  Every conversion after that got a brand new prop, and I have several stillages full of old ones waiting for the time when I can get them out of the back of the warehouse, and weigh them in.

On 06/12/2021 at 10:35, Jason C said:

@Dave Clasper. I🙂 Wow, Canley has been around a while. A few years back I enquired about their OD kit, but they had stopped selling them at that stage. 
 

 

 

We had to stop because we were simply running out of core. In the end something like 50% of everything that went into a conversion was new (mainshaft, adapter plate, layshaft, re-bushed clusters, prop, all the switch gear, etc, etc). 

At the height of it we were doing anything up to ten conversions a week, and we were doing them for over thirty years (if you include the JK time). That eats up a lot of core!

Oh and D type overdrives can use the J type adapter plate if you are going down that path, but not the other way round (J on a D).

J Type 3 rail adapter plates are due in from the machine shop this week. It took a long while to get our casting company interested in doing a run this time (mainly due to relatively small moq) hence the lack of stock for the past year or so. Everything else for the conversions shouldn't be a problem.

CT is changing, I remember the days when 'show cars' were rare in the club.

On 18/11/2021 at 14:48, glang said:

yes Ive heard some horror stories so thats why I like it explained on the UK suppliers sites but many dont yet. I cant find anything on the Canley site and when I put in a continental address it looks like its going to charge my credit card VAT included. Hopefully as SBF indicates a human comes in later and gives me a refund or something...

As you say perhaps easier with EU suppliers☹️ 

No VAT refund needed as it's never charged. All orders are charged (by a human) only when they have been packed, and ready for dispatch (unlike others who charge when the order is placed).

VAT is only charged on UK orders.

No VAT is charged on any export orders. A large percentage of all our orders are for export.

The 'page' doesn't do it, a human does.