Greetings from California

[Nor Cal Mike]

My name is Mike. I live in Northwestern California where the gigantic redwood trees grow. My area is mountainous with a lot of nice twisty roads between my town and the Pacific coast, about 35 miles distance from my home. I won three frame small frame Triumphs plus a mountain of parts that I have collected over the years. I have a 64 Spitfire MK1, a 65 Spit MKII and a 73 GT6 MKIII.

 

The 65 Spit MKII is my current project. I am in the process of making her to a go faster roadster by installing her tub on a 77 1500 Spit chassis that I have mounted a GT6 MKII drivetrain including rotoflex. I'm going a step further than most Spitfire sixes by using the Spitfire from engine plate and mounting, thus moving the whole 6 cylinder lump back in the chassis as it belongs.

 

I like your site. It has a lot of technical discussion which is exactly what I want to see. Here is a link to my rudimentary  Triumph photo site: http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll148/Me_an_my_pics/Triumph%20Album/?action=view&current=GT6MK24.jpg

 

Mike A

[Nor Cal Mike]

I noticed a major typo after submitting this post. It states that I, "won three small Triumphs". It should read "I own three." I guess that I am a failure as a typest:-(

 

Mike A

[lordleonusa]

Welcome Mike,

 

There are not many Triumph owners around these parts, nice to see there is one more out here!

 

Léon

 

Medford, OR

 

Triumph Vitesse Cv

 

 

 

 

[Nor Cal Mike]

Leon,

I believe we have exchanged emails before. I coordinated the Northwestern Spit-Together in The Seattle area two years ago. Our conversations were regarding that.

 

Mike

[SteveA]

Welcome Mike,

 

good to find another person moving the Triumph six back in the chassis.  ;D

 

 

P.S. Can you edit your first post as the link to your photo site does not seem to be showing?

[JohnD]

WElcome, indeed, Mike.

and do not tbe botherd aanbput tyope - it;s thsihgn of an unclutteerd mind!

 

John

[Nor Cal Mike]

I wouldn't have been worried about the typo so much except the way my post read, you would think that I had hit the Lotto jackpot or something. I'll se what I can do about the link.

 

Mike

[spitNL]

Welcome Mike,

 

Link working fine here.

 

Frederick

[Mother Teresa]

Welcome aboard Mike- where-abouts in Northern California are you? I have friends in San Francisco and did a bit of touring around that part of the world.

[Nor Cal Mike]

I live 175 miles or 281 KM north of San Francisco. My town is a little burgh called Willits. I found another of my Pic sites that I can link to. Somehow it got buried in my Triumph album in a secondary catigory.  I'm not too well organized in the internet department. Here is a link to my Spit 6 photos:

http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll148/Me_an_my_pics/Triumph%20Album/Spit%206%20Album/

 

Mike A

[SteveA]

Thanks for the links to your pictures Mike, it's always interesting to see how someone else has done the same modification as me. I did wonder why your gearbox mounts were in a different place to mine, but then I realised, no OD  

 

[Nor Cal Mike]

Nope, I don't have an overdrive box for a GT6. I have two J types with single rail boxes but I don't know how to make them work. Just as well since this is a country road car that will rarely se more than a double nickel in mph. I would love to see more of your pics if you have a link that I could connect to. I will post more of mine as it progresses. I am currently rebuilding the rotoflex hub and brakes. I have a call out to a driveline guy who will take the 6 inches out that I need to fit the driveline. Following that it is on to the font uprights and brakes exhaust, install body rectify the tunnel and patch a bunch of rust in the tub. Where would the proper place to post these? The engine swap section?

 

Mike A

[SteveA]

Mike, I need to organise my pics and get them up online, I'll send you a link later.

 

Probably best if you start another thread in the 'Members Cars and Project threads' section to post your progress http://www.sideways-technologies.co.uk/forum/Blah.pl?b-MB1/

 

*Edit* you can find more of my pictures in this photobucket album http://s701.photobucket.com/albums/ww20/SteveA_2009/

If you want any more pics just PM me.