Hi everyone,
I'm just in the process of possibly purchasing my first kit car a Fiorano Type 48 spyder .... if it all goes through I'll post up some details etc, but for now - fingers crossed
Here's what it currently looks like -
... and for anyone who hasn't heard of this particular kit before - here's an example of what it should hopefully look like when it's done -
Yes must have been the same one I guess - I'd wanted one for a while but couldn't afford it until I noticed this one.
But I'm new to this and just hope it's not too difficult to put together (also I currently have no where to keep it!!
Yeah there don't seem to be many people building them at the moment - and I keep looking for them every year at Stoneleigh and never seem to find any
Has the company gone out of business now?
Has anyone here ever built one?
Yes that's what I thought
Yeah I found that - there used to be a forum on there but it seems to have gone now - might just try emailing them
Ok so I emailed the site and got a reply back - it seems that they are still selling the kit if people want them so that's good news, but alas there isn't a forum anymore - but then we do have this great forum anyway
ok, I've got a bit of a dilemma - I'm confused as to what type of electrical loom to try and fit.
the car does not come with a loom, so presumably I could fit whatever I wanted to?
I was talking to a spitfire parts dealer and he mentioned that older spitfires like the mk3 - that had a dynamo, had a 12 volt system .... but the later mk4 cars had an alternator and a 6 volt setup but with 12 volts on startup (or something like that) - because of the points always burning out on the 12 v systems.
now the car i've bought has a 1500 spitfire engine and appears to have an alternator with it.
the question is - should I try and get a spitfire loom and then have the dilemma of whether to go 12v or 6v system, or should I get a generic kit car loom which would be much cheaper - and if so, will it affect the points or any other systems on the car adversly?
thanks
Paul
Yeah I saw that green one too - still trying to decide what colour to go for myself - but it's a long way off yet
Thanks Paul,
I've got another issue now though, I looked up the engine and it turns out that it's not a 1500 spitfire one afterall but a 1300 dolomite one - prefix is ' DH'
But the number seems to be crossed out with 'x' over every letter - is this normal?
So here's how it currently looks -
Hmm - pics aren't showing now on my pc - so here's the link -
http://www.paulward.net/?attachment_id=2125 http://www.paulward.net/?attachment_id=2125
here's that engine number - not sure if they are supposed to look like this or not?
http://www.paulward.net/?attachment_id=2124
http://www.paulward.net/?attachment_id=2124
weird - it says 'FMHE' - what does that mean?
Got the brake lines fitted today .... and so the brakes now work
.... and got my old mk 3 spitfire MOT'd ready to sell it.
Steering column located and fitted this week and today we got the engine started for the first time
So today we got the exhaust in place - sounds pretty good! used a mini sports backbox and fabricated a pipe from the down pipe to the backbox
Also, got a set of old MG TF wire wheels from fleabay for £200 - used some specially made longer adapters Recommended by the samio / ribble builders to fit them to the spitfire. hubs
sorry - still can't seem to get the pics to show for some reason ?!?