Re: Advice on prospective spitfire purchase

2006-02-22 Thread zoboherald
-Original Message- From: Greg Rowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A business acquaintance of mine who has an antique car hobby just contacted me about a 79 spitfire ... good news is that it only has 62,000 miles, an OD transmission and the body is totally rust free with completely straight body

Advice on prospective spitfire purchase

2006-02-22 Thread Greg Rowe
After 14 years of faithful service as a four season daily driver, my 78 is showing some serious rust. In addition, the mechanicals are still hanging in there, but are definitely getting tired. I've been keeping it going by welding patches and/or bondo-ing and it's probably good for another coupl

Re: wheels

2006-02-22 Thread Joe Curry
I am running 6x15 Panasports on My Mk1 with the Honda engine. The tires are 205-50x15 and have pretty much the same diameter as the 175-70x13 that are on my other Mk1. The Panasports are for a TR7 or 8 and have an offset that works for Spits. Check with Ted Schumacher and he can give you a number

Re: wheels

2006-02-22 Thread M D Nugent
The bolt circle (pcd in the UK) is 4-on-3.75" - the 3.75" is measured from the center of one stud hole to the center of the opposite stud hole. I think the center hole needs to be 2.25" (from memory, check a stock wheel to be sure). You'll want a small positive offset (10-15mm, probably) - large

wheels

2006-02-22 Thread Grant & Cheryl
I am on the hunt for some Panasport wheels for my '78 Spitfire. I know I want 13' X 5.5' but what are the other sizes? Offset? Bolt hole spacing? I still have stock breaks etc. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/266 - R