In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jan Hanchen Michelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Hi! >I4m new to this list - so I4m posting my first question (s) ... again. First >time something went wrorng ... > >I4m doing a full body-off rebuilding of a Vitesse Mk1 (one of maybe four in >Norway), and I 4ve got some questions. Maybe somebody out there can help me. > The best help I can give is to point you to the Herald mailing list at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Whilst there are plenty of people on this list who have a great deal of experience with Heralds/Vitesses, you'll do even better going to the "correct" group. To subscribe, simply send a blank e-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>1. The car was great fun, but a bit scary on bad, wet western norwegian >roads. So: Anyone got any experience with a camber compensator on a Vitesse? > Not me. >2. The roof of the car is not to good (nasty glass sunroof), and I4m >planning to make the saloon into a "convertible", using a copy of a period >(late sixties) kit, a simple hood and a three piece aluminium/wooden frame. >The chassis is (now!) perfect, with new outriggers. Should I reinforce the >outriggers even more? I am given to understand that you should not need to uprate the chassis for a convertible - after all, Triumph didn't bother! No doubt the real experts out there will fill you in on possible options/benefits/drawbacks. > >3. Where can I buy the extra cabriolet door catches? These are not listed in >the main part supplier4s catalogues, and the breakers I4ve mailed havent4t >got them ... Sorry, I don't understand the question. I don't have a Vitesse Convertible, and wasn't aware that they had extra door catches. Why would they need them? I'd be interested to know. ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FM105671 /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
