Hello all, it's been awhile. I just got vack from a trip up north dedicated to getting the lil engine back in the sled and low and behold it runs! I did discover that I bought the wrong airbox. The one I gave is fir a 79 and up it seems, I still need one for a 78. Anyone with a complete 78 air box a...

Small progress, woke up early and my daughter was on the couch dressed and waiting to help. Swapped steering columns and broken controls, lubed cables and set belt gaurd in place for now to not lose it. Are the two 1/4 inch bolts for the gaurd at the front end machine or sheet metal through the fron...

My daughter helped pull the engine out to drop off for new seals and an inspection early this morning before our adventures began. Now she wants to wake up early again to swal the handle bar assembly too! The track may work for awhile yet, not sure. We are hoping to get the engine back before we lea...

Here is the first shot of the ol' girl after I showed it to my kids. They seem excited to help get it usable again.

The one int he truck is a 71, I have later open chamber heads on it and swapped pistons to get 9:1 (or so) compression. There was some confusion about piston design and the original 76cc heads so I swapped them for the 120's. Wish I didn't now! The engine I am building up is an original '70 block wi...

91 Chevy truck, BOP TH400, 9 3/4" 14 bolt rear end. The transmission was from a rwd 472 car, can't remember which though. Presently putting together a strengthened up 500 to graft a 3.3L Whipple supercharger to and run aroun 8-10 psi on it. Nothing purdy or fancy, just my tow beast beater truck...

Cool! Thanks for the heads up on the parts sourcing! Who knows, maybe the parts tub that I have will get turned into a second Spitfire, one for each kid! I under stand addicting projects, my wife just thinks I already have too many.. property in two states, house in one, Opel Gt, Merc 1150 I6, 91 Ch...

Glad to hear it! Once it is a bit more photogenic I will get some pictures of it, probably with my kids on it just because their grandma will truly appreciate them then! :lol22: I need some fresh plug wire boots too, but I am not sure if only the boot can be replaced, or the entire coil/wire/boot se...

Hello, I am looking for some parts to help with the restoration of the old Spitfire that I grew up playing on that eventually worked its way through three other families and is back in my possession for my kids to learn and grow on. After 15 years of sitting, it actually fired up on the first pull a...