Larry, we've completed a Spit and are now pouring money into the GT6. Not only do the parts add up, the hours of labour do even more. And, the other day, when I needed a part for the GT6,I called on a person someone recommended. Apparently he had a lot of parts for sale, cheaply. Not so. $ 800 later we came home with a small box of parts in the boot of the Spit. However, some of those parts were expensive ones, like a dual break master cylinder and others. So, the moral of the story is: When a nicely restored Spit comes up for sale and the price tag is rather high, someone has put a lot of money and effort into the car, and it's 'MAYBE' worth the money???
As for working hard... it's a hot muggy day here in Ottawa and I've spent several 14 hours work days cleaning and painting the garage/work shop. I've promised myself to clean up the mess after the body work was finished on the GT6. I'm keeping my promise and can't wait to 'EVENTUALLY' park a freshly painted Triumph in the clean garage... Cheers Liv ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Vaughan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 6:47 PM Subject: wish I was on the computer, killing time, hoping it would cool down some, so I could go work in the metal building. I added up my paypal purchases, of Spitfire parts. That wasn't too bad - $2745.07. Then I dug out some receipts. BPNW - $1098.36. Pierce Manifold - $387.79. APT - 43.50. I know I've bought at least $200 worth of stuff from Joe and I gave Aaron $350 for some Spax dampers. I bought the first Spitfire for $375 locally, then drove to Denver and bought one plus some extra goodies for $1000. I know I'm forgetting some stuff, not to mention supplies for working on the Spitfire project. I wish I had bought one of those ridiculously priced Spitfires someone else had completed. Well it's down to 100 degrees now. I better go work on my pile of parts. Larry *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
