Kevin Builta

Member ID: kbuilta

Member Status: Free Member
Rock Island, IL, USA

Member Since: 2010-07-22
Home Site: The Triumph Experience

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Last Login: 2012-02-07 09:59:11

1978 Spitfire 1500 "Tardis"

Kevin Builta's Vehicle Registry

1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500
"Tardis"
FM71245U

1 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 43,000 mi (69,202 km) -- Average age: 1978

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Rear Leaf Spring Rebuild

Posted on: Tuesday September 14, 2010

Another weekend project...last Saturday I jacked up the back end (and put it on jackstands, of course) and pulled out the transverse leaf spring with the purpose of rebuilding it with new PTFE machined buttons I bought on eBay because of the case of Spitfire Sag my car has. All the rest of the suspension is stock and I don't want to have to put in adjustable shocks and all that, at least not right now (2 kids in college). I'm hoping the buttons will lift the back end enough to help the inordinan...

Gas Struts For The Bonnet

Posted on: Friday September 3, 2010

This past weekend, I put gas struts to open and hold the bonnet in place of the old, bent up stock prop rod that I was going to have to replace anyway. After reading about this mod and seeing an example at the Quad Cities British Car Club's Auto Show a couple of weeks ago, I decided that this was my fix. Paul Tegler's advised struts (Sachs SG123002) are available from Rock Auto at a better price than the update on Paul's website. The hardest part of the job was innovating a connection for the...