Hi, I've posted similar messages on a couple of mailing lists I'm on, but just thought this an appropriate group to post this message - one of the suppliers we used when we ran our workshop for 45 years contacted me a couple of weeks back regarding some new stock they have for older vehicels which they need to move on as they are opening a new store & need the warehouse room. I hve yet...

In article , J wrote: Of course the things would be somewhat ruined by using it for spraying but could be an easy alternative to masking up the whole garage! Does it already have sides? Firstly, would you PLEASE stop posting upside down and failing to trim? There is a helpfile in my sig.

"PJML" wrote in message ... Sean Hamerton wrote: snip If you insist on doing this, I'd perhaps suggest you look at fitting something like a Jaguar independent- rear-suspension unit, since this comes with disc brakes and rear driveshafts that have some chance

"Sean Hamerton" wrote in message ... I was talking with my next door neighbour today, and he has recently transplanted a 3.5 litre rover V8 into his mk1 Landrover. I brought up the idea of putting a rover V8 into a Spitfire, and he thought it would be fairly easy to acheive. How realistic is this idea, and what would...

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"AWM" wrote in message ... "John Fitzgerald" wrote in message ... "AWM" wrote in message ... Or are you talkng about the "famous" Eddie...

MrT wrote: Both chassis side rails need repairs (quite large ones, so I might as well replace them), as does the outer 150mm of the OS centre outrigger on all three sides. I realise the cosmetic sills unscrew, and I've got a pair of step repair panels that I may as well fit at the same time, but is it possible to replace the chassis side rails with the body in situ? I don't see why...

Andy Dingley wrote: On 3 Jul 2003 14:41:01 GMT, Sean Hamerton wrote: I brought up the idea of putting a rover V8 into a Spitfire, and he thought it would be fairly easy to acheive. It also breaks the synchros in a standard gearbox and the original diff won't last five minutes. Given the design of the rear end, it;s hard to fit a substitute.

"AWM" wrote in message ... Did you use a genuine latest spec Rover gasket (made by Payne) -- its stainles steel & and aluminium gasket and is always supplied with 2 new stainless steel dowls which must be ued to replace the original plastic ones. These replaced the original type because of the exactly fault...

Just an amusing little anecdote. I dropped the Sprite wheels into the local Greasy George to be separated from their tyres preparatory to having them blasted (the wheels not the tyres). Wheels were duly restored to glittering silver, so back they went for the 20-year-old XZXs to be put back on. They had tubes in them for some reason which I have long since forgotten. When pumped up only 2 of the...

"MrT" wrote in message ... After checking out my dodgy MOT fail sheet (spot the garage trying to rip me off!) for my poor little Herald 13/60 convertible, I need to do the following: Small patch in OSF inner wing about 30x15mm. Small patch (each side) in floor towards base of B pillar about 30x30mm. Small...

The car has now been sold for an offer close to the asking price to an enthusiast in Yorkshire where it will be stable mate to an Austin Devon and an MGA. I shall reply individually to those people who e-mailed me direct. Rory Kershaw