The books in the Everyday Modifications series are designed to guide classic van and car owners through the workshop skills needed to make their vehicles easier to use and enjoy. This book is...
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The books in the Everyday Modifications series are designed to guide classic van and car owners through the workshop skills needed to make their vehicles easier to use and enjoy. This book is concerned with improving the 4-cylinder Spitfire and Herald, and the 6-cylinder Vitesse and GT6, with engines ranging in size from 948cc to 1998cc.
Classic car author and journalist Iain Ayre gives his hands-on advice on maintaining and modifying the Triumph Herald/Vitesse and Spitfire/GT6, covering both keeping them going and either subtly or dramatically improving them, with additional rescue options offered for Triumphs deemed economically terminal.
Advice based on decades of restoration and racing
Improvements in power, handling, comfort and safety
Period design faults isolated and dealt with
Electrics demystified, modernizing options discussed
Substantial case studies chapter with six examples
Radical - as well as mild - modification options discussed
Classic car author and journalist Iain Ayre gives his hands-on advice on maintaining and modifying the Triumph Herald/Vitesse and Spitfire/GT6, covering both keeping them going and either subtly or dramatically improving them, with additional rescue options offered for Triumphs deemed economically terminal.
Advice based on decades of restoration and racing
Improvements in power, handling, comfort and safety
Period design faults isolated and dealt with
Electrics demystified, modernizing options discussed
Substantial case studies chapter with six examples
Radical - as well as mild - modification options discussed
Product specification
Binding
In paperback
Pages
176
ISBN / EAN
9781785001758
Publisher
Languages
English
Publication date
08/2016
Colour illustrations
250
Dimensions
19 x 25 x 1 cm
Additional information
Book type or Series
Everyday Modifications Series
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