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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
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
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
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
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.
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