olib007
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It is brilliant Smithy, I'm glad I got professionals to do the major bodywork and paintwork and I couldn't resist stripes, they are vinyl incase I want to chsnge them!
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Thanks, thats good advice, I'll contact the usual suspects!
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So excited!
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Does anyone have any advice on getting insurance for my spitfire while it is still off the road nearing the end of its restoration. I've had a lot of brilliant work done on it by JY classics and want it insured to reflect the time I have spent on the chsssis and running gear and the money and time with JY getting the body absolutely perfect!
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I've been doing mine since 2009 and reading posts on here has been the biggest help. I also use the triumph spitfire facebook page as its so easy to post questions to from my phone with photos but this site is better as you can search through previous threads Best of luck with the resto Oli
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Thats looking really good, gives me motivation to go and do some more on mine which needs much the same as you have done
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Dusting with spray cans of red oxide also works!
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ferny wrote: You may want to change that clear pipe at either end and support the metal pipe. The clear stuff isn't petrol safe and shrinks. A previous owner used it under me Herald with no clips, how the hell it didn't leak I'll never know! All I had to do was touch it lightly and it slid along. :-/ Cheers Peter, I will change the pipe before my car gets back on the road; its in a lot of pieces at the moment so is a few years away! I never had any problems with the pipe but it had got a bit brittle and was on my ever growing job list!! :o Oli
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I had the same problem, I made that one out of some pipe Dad had in his workshop for making some hydralic valve control boxes; its considerably smaller internally than the original trumph one as its designed to run at very high pressures but I think triumph only used the pipe they did as that's what they had available and my engine never seemed to suffer as a result of the smaller pipe.
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http://www.mintylamb.co.uk/suneedle/ That also ought to help you on the needle choice, Oli
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Does this help: Oli
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Looks like you've been busy so far Louis; good chatting to you on the facebook group. I think your right to be looking for someone to help you do some welding - that's the only way to properly repair that hole in your bulkhead as well as these bits at the back of your floor pans and any other holes. Using filler to fill holes is, in my opinion, a bodge and should be avoided at all costs; having taken apart a spitfire where the previous restorer believed filler to be perfect for jobs like covering rust and holding in seat belt mountings I've seen some scary rust! Are there any colleges local to you which would run welding courses then you could get saving for a mig welder or borrow one? I wear welding gloves when using a wire brush on an angle grinder and have touched the moving wire onto the glove by mistake before and it took a fair chunk out of the glove but didn't catch, i wouldn't consider using a wire brush on an angle grinder without gloves but can see the argument for not wearing them. I also wear a full face mask and ear defenders; I know too many people who cannot bear to use an angle grinder after years of working on cars with them has damaged their hearing
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Whereabouts are you based? Should help to answer the question of where to find a gearbox case - there's plenty of places out there Oli
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I use Oxford welding supplies who do not have a hire cost, you just buy the bottle then pay per refill. Air Liquide and BOC both wanted silly money in Newbury and Oxford welding even deliver which is great although it did take longer than the time on their website to get it delivered! Oli
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I've got some mx5 ones which have had the frames cut and modified to better fit in a spitfire. They have been narrowed slightly and i'm looking forward to seeing how they fit in my car once it is ready to see the road again (restoration has been going on since 2009 and theres still a long way to go!) Oli