Friday, July 28, 2006

Project Spitfire Update

OK, it's been a long time since I announced that we had started this project again, but I hope, from the photo's that it is obvious that I have been very busy indeed...

So, here's what's been done.

Chassis prepped.



Primed



and painted in French Blue, Triumph Colour code 126, as per original.



All front suspenion components have been reconditioned/painted, anything that is made of rubber has been changed and new wheel bearings installed in hubs.



And then bolted to chassis,



Diff complete with new output bearings and seals, rust treated and painted installed on Chassis



Body trolley built



Prinicples of leverage applied



with a couple of helpers



Giving a decent working height and the possibility to move the body in and out of the garage as required.



That's all the pics I have available for now, there's been progress since then (last photo is from 2 weekends ago) but nothing majorly obvious. The job of tidying up the body and welding on the last few brackets is pretty much done. Rear spring has been installed and a couple of brake unions mounted.

Motor, gearbox and propshaft are ready, just waiting rear suspension and a gearbox mount before they go in.

That's all for now, will post another update (in a couple of months probably knowing my schedule).

4 comments:

the other cold one said...

Wow! All is forgiven for not posting recently, but the big question is could it be ready to drive to Finland in 3 weeks time!!!
The chassis looks amazing with the front suspension on too.

Anonymous said...

Is Peggy helping?

Viking Longship said...

I've been warned to be careful not to bolt her in between the body and the chassis.

Apparently she'd be worth 0.2 horsepower but excessive pawpad wear is a servicing issue....

Anonymous said...

Nice job. Will it be ready for driving until September?