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All good things must come to an end and so has my ownership of the Spider. It was sold last week to an AVID collector near South Beach, Miami. The new owner sent an 18 wheeler car carrier just to fetch the Spider. I watched it depart for the Interstate and she was gone. The [...] You learn something new everyday. From The Recorder: NASCAR, like America, has never been “purely American.” The boys who came home from Europe after WWII brought with them a love and passion for the European sports car. The lightweight and nimble MGs (Morris Garage), Austin Healeys and Triumphs revolutionized the American motor sports outlook. Sports [...] Concours de’Graylyn was held this past weekend at Graylyn Mansion in Winston-Salem under a perfect sky and with wonderful weather. The event is a first stab on the path to being a world class Concours event like Pebble Beach, which was also this weekend. The event host was Corsa Rossa, the local Italian car club [...] Caterham is famed for producing some of the fastest cars in the world, but what about one capable of returning 131 miles per gallon? That’s exactly what a modified Caterham Seven achieved at the recent Shell Eco-Marathon at Rockingham. Customised by carbon fibre specialist Axon Automotive, with the support of Energy-Efficient Motorsport (EEMS), the standard [...] I got new fuel lines and clamps and replaced all of them. Started the car and tested for gas leaks and all was well. Now I was letting the engine heat up so I could see how efficient the new high performance radiator would be. So the water temp needle kept climbing and climbing until [...] I finally got all the parts back to do my cooling upgrade… Upgrade radiator with performance 4-rod, 2-pass core. 170 degree f thermostat (same as a 1981 Jaguar XJ6). New thermostat gasket. New radiator hoses. Thermostatic fan sensor. Sensor grommet. Now, the upper radiator hose is the wrong one. The ones for the 1980 model [...] I had high hopes that I could get the radiator back by now and would be able to use my time off to plow through a pack of upgrades. Oh well. Bookmark to: I had high hopes that the unit would be back with its new high performance core yesterday. Nope. Not back today. Maybe Monday. In the photo above, you can see the massive air conditioning radiator that is just forward of the engine radiator. This is the root cause why TR7s can freeze up the vents [...] |
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