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Eric O 
I received the refurbished speedo and tach from Nisonger yesterday. What a fantastic job they did, they look great!
They arrived well packaged and marked fragile. I am really happy with them. The tach was modified to work with modern electronic ignitions, additional cost but seems worth it.
The final test will be when I use them.
I will be ordering the upholstery and interior bits today.
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Hazen Wardle
I shoulda snapped a shot of the H-support before I started as it shows my original attempt of upholstery. It amounted to cheap black automotive carpet, the kind that looks good for a few minutes, but balls up when you touch it.
But, anyway I've got plans to bring the look of the dash down the face of the H-support. I started in on that these past two days.
I'm going to need to build a radio support box that bolts to the H-frame, so now is as good a time as any to get it all mocked up.
I stripped away all the carpet, old foam and contact cement. The one side is narrower than the other. ...
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David P 
Sorry for the lack of updates.
Recently, I refinished (painted & rebuilt) the brake pedal assembly and the accelerator pedal assembly. I got a new brake light switch (sadly it was not an exact fit but I fabricobbled it together) as well. Just last night I installed the new brake MC and connected it to the pedal. All three pedals are in (although the clutch MC and brake MC are not connected to any plumbing yet!)
I've also started my welding cart build. I'm about 1/2 done - both shelves are built (basically, two rectangles, lol) and the uprights are all measured. Next up in that build: wel...
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Willy Grueber 
Today the Spits has been sold and will be going to a new home! It was a lot of fun putting it back together and finally having it run right was a real exciting feeling.
In the end it was just not the right car for me so I'm sure the new owners will have all the fun they can handle in this classic car. To "the Bear"!
Gregg Pederson
Ran 2 autocross events at the Santa Maria Airport. 1 week later notice low oil pressure!. Here's a video of my 2-best runs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21PZk2-5AKk
This motor came out of a 1987 Toyota Corolla GTS. In that car the engine was leaned over towards the driver's side. I my car it is upright. This creates 2 problems; the oil level on the dipstick was indicating more than what was actually there, second in the head, the only oil drain back to the sump is on the driver's side. Both of these issues created a low oil level in the sump and loss of pressure during acceleratio...
Wayne Tate
Finally got the wiring harness complete, with all the separations on the circuits that was possible to fuse with out taking a lot of time to not make much improvement.
I split most of the feeds and added a couple.
The box required a little bit of cutting to install, it does clear the clutch master for fuse replacement.
carl g
My car is running on a Megasquirt1 but since getting an LX9 I decided I would need another DIY ECU. So although I kinda like my MS1 its getting a bit long in the tooth and the MS2 and MS3 seemed like a lot of $ so I decided to try my luck with a Speeduino.
Here's the website.
https://speeduino.com/wiki/index.php/Speeduino
The driving force behind it is a young Australian fella called Josh Stewart. I don't know Josh and I have no commerical or otherwise interest in Speeduino but the website and some videos convinced me that dropping 150$ CAD to try it out would be a bit of a no brainer.
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Dan M
With the temperature rising I’m able to get in the shop for some rust repair time. Working on rear wheel arch and exterior body. The end of all the rust is in sight, if all goes well will have body soda blasted by mid February.
Peter Evans
Okay so I have the Dash done instruments in and the wiring loom complete - I can now finalize the wiring behind and get it all tidied up and start fitting pedal and clutch brackets etc.
Dash is solid English Walnut - I intend to build a center console to match but that is in design stage at the moment.
Paul Stopp
With more left over scraps of the 1/8' alum sheet I set about the build of this foot rest.
With a cardboard template trimmed to profile the inside of the rocker, cowl and floor.
Also allowing sufficient clearance for my foot to operate fully the clutch pedal without fouling. Transferred the cardboard template profile to the alum sheet and cut it out with an alum thin blade zip cutter. The top of the foot plate was bent with a gentle curve towards the bulkhead. The angle of the foot plate was set to mimic the angle of the pedals accept up from the floor. With this projected line a u shaped br...
Jim Dwyer
Put the car in winter storage:
Hard top removed and stored in the garage rafters washed the car, tires inflated to 40 psi, battery removed and placed in the house. Let the car dry out a couple of days in the garage and then put on the car cover.
83 011 miles on the odometer.
Leon Guyot
3rd October 2017: Replaced cheap old car rug from 1981, with pure virgin wool version made in Portland, Oregon.
6th October 2017: I've been a bit busy with important financial paperwork of late, but after much consideration and measuring, it has become increasingly apparent to me that I will not be able to fit the 3.25"/83mm long 1750 lumens each LED driving lamps on my Vitesse due to lack of space/room for adjustment, so I have ordered another pair which are 2.10"/53mm long & 1800 lumens each to install in their place. These use the same wiring harness. I will fit the longer ones on my dai...
Stuart Siegler
After the Weber conversion, I developed a pretty bad oil leak that I had read was due to the Weber's not handling the crankcase pressure. Dunno
Its not from the dipstick (where others have indicated), but from the crankcase spinner, and what I believe is the seal and oil catcher on the timing chain.
Ordered the kit and a couple of hoses and we'll see
Dave Cutter
The Pacific NW Porsche Club of America put on a great session on Sunday. Angus performed admirably and we all learned a bit about our cars and ourselves!
Anthony Kurilla
New hood installed by a local upholstery shop looks fantastic. Wiggles lost power again and looks be the sediment in the fuel tank. Finally pulled the tank and cleaned it out real well by filtering the fuel repeatedly and swishing it around in the tank. Painted the tank and ordered some new parts for the gasket around the fuel filler neck and a new neck. Once I get those parts back in I can get some new snaps on the tonneau cover and maybe pull the carb to check the float level per my colortune guide for mixture adjustment.
Matthew Taylor
Cole's job was to cut the old rubber off the old wheel, and get the rim cleaned up. He did some cutting alright. And got a reminder about the knife rule - always cut away from your self. We are calling him "Leftey" for the next little bit...
After 2 hexagons were cut, and glued together, I made 3 cuts with the router. Outside, the grove in the center, and the inside. Next, I cut the relieves for the rim to sit flush - on both the top and bottom. I used a 3/8 round over bit to soften the edges. It still didn't fit my hand "just right", so I took some strong 100, ripped it into strips, ...
Jamie Richardson
Just a few mods and parts getting cleaned up.
Doug Johns
A rear spring install on a Spitfire is really a simple process; after installing the centering pin in the lower leaf, install the spring box and plate from the original spring, insert into the car. Using the studs removed from the original spring, reinstall the same studs through the spring box and into the top of the differential, and then insert the 7/16” bolts through the vertical links and spring bushings. Torque to specs and you’re done. Funny how things rarely go as planned.
After getting the spring box mounted on the spring and installing the spring into my Spit, I went to put...
Steve McCarthy
Road Trippin’
with Steve McCarthy
What’s two hours worth? Lot’s of answers to that. Time with a newborn? Priceless. At the higher minimum wage that people are screaming for? About $30. Before taxes. On a Road Trip? It’s the difference between a mind stultifying endless slog up the I-5 and the FAR more pleasant cruise up the 101. Two whole freakin’ hours longer. That’s it. It’s the difference between eating McKing Jr. and a Bison Burger in Atascadero. It’s the difference between a Denny’s pancake and waffles at the Worker Bee in Carpinteria. It’s the difference between ...
Dave B
Well even though some think its risky to have wood visors incase of an accident I think if I wipe out in my spitty I have bigger things to worry about. My old visors are completly wrotten so made some of oak.
I re used the old brackets cutting off the outer rod just keeping the mounting and pivot part of the frame. I used a die grinder to put a slice up the new oak part then glued and slipped the flat part of the bracket into the crack.
Eric dit Meo
Some other pic of the work made on the rear....
Geoff Kearley
Well. It's been a week, or two. The weather has been great and the TR7 has been performing perfectly. Well, really good. The top comes down and stows away easily. The car starts first try, every time. And, all you naysayers, it is a TR7.
The clutch ran dry and needed refilling and bleeding. The carbs ran low on oil and needed to be topped up. I checked these in March but should have checked them again as I have been using the car quite a lot lately. I haven't checked the differential or gearbox and, based on recent experience, guess I should soon. Those things are hard to do on an ...
Marcos Rodriguez
Finale view with wheel mounted
Loren Welch
I fabricated an air tunnel to force air up into my lay-down radiator.
Greg Deyo
I have always wanted to go to a Minnesota Triumph Sports Car Club meeting, but it meets at Fort Snelling's Officer's Club, and when I was unemployed last summer I couldn't afford the drive. Now I work five miles away and decided to go. They meet the second Thursday of the month. The meeting itself was boring, conducted as it was by classic rules, but I met some interesting people. It seems that almost everyone who drives a Spitfire is an insanely tall or large person. I thought I was big at 6'2" and 250 lbs., but I was average or even on the small side compared to most of these guys! After the...
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