[pmf608]

After looking everything over pretty thoroughly today, I decided to buy a 1974 Triumph Spitfire. Its partially disassembled at the moment, but everything is there to put it back together. I'm going to pay for it and pick it up on Saturday, and my hope is to have it running and drivable by mid July.

Here are the pictures from the ad. I will put more up once I get it.

 

[98Hotrod98]

Nice! look forward to seeing the progress.

 

[pmf608]

The first thing to do (aside from putting the transmission back in and getting it running) is to paint the wheels silver. There's too much blue happening there.

 

[stephan]

That looks like fun PM. How about test drives for all of us when you're done?

 

[pmf608]

That looks like fun PM. How about test drives for all of us when you're done?

you drive (or fly) up here and I'm sure that could be arranged:lol:

 

[Enkeiavalanche]

Very nice saw one last night at the Cruz show I was at.. And a old Tr8 Always loved them...

 

[adampaul1964]

Nice! but as Tim Allen said to Jill in Home Improvement... "It's British!"... I remember as a kid in England my Mom drove a Triumph 2000 saloon,(that's a sedan to you Yankees). Good luck on getting it going again, I always liked the Spitfires although my favorite was the Stag.

 

[TELORVEHC]

Looks good! I really like the white roof, it's a nice contrast to the blue paint.

 

[silveradotrailblazer]

Hey Adam, some of us Yankee's know what a saloon is ( not a bar). LOL. Good luck with your new project pmf and enjoy it.

 

[adampaul1964]

So you know about the bonnet and the boot too? LOL! :money:

 

[silveradotrailblazer]

Yes sir know all about 'em.

 

[Caddiac]

Good luck! Can't wait to see the photos once she is on the road again.

 

[pmf608]

I like all the english terminology. :lol:

I bought a trailer at the auction today to use for work over the summer, so it should work nicely for bringing the car home on saturday. I'm excited for that. For what its worth, I also bought a 1997 F350 to have a heavier truck that I can work hard and not worry about. I'll save you all from the pics of that though - its in good shape, but its a ford and theres really nothing special about it.

 

[Als09Sierra]

Congrats on the new ride. That's a great dash. You could go the other way and paint the top blue. :no:

 

[stephan]

I also bought a 1997 F350 to have a heavier truck that I can work hard and not worry about.

Say WHAT??

I've got a D-9 you can borrow to bury that Ford in your back yard after she gives up on ya

 

[pmf608]

Say WHAT??

I've got a D-9 you can borrow to bury that Ford in your back yard after she gives up on ya

HA! I'll bring it to bury in your yard. The D-9 is bigger than my whole yard :neutral:

Seriously though, there were only a handful of GMs there, most were in really rough shape, and all sold beyond my budget. I got the ford for $1100 so with a 9' deck on it, so it was a pretty good buy. The frame has less surface rust than my silverado.

 

[pmf608]

Its home!

I finally picked up the spitfire and brought it home today. As promised, the pictures start now:

My plan this week is to hopefully get the transmission back in and other various parts reassembled. As I progress, there will be more pictures and once its running there will be video.

And, just because I know how badly Stephan wanted this: :lol:

 

[stephan]

lol actually that 350 looks in pretty good shap PM

 

[Vink70]

LS Swap

I have looked at spitfires for the sole intention of LS based motor swap

 

[pmf608]

LS Swap

I have looked at spitfires for the sole intention of LS based motor swap

As awesome as that would be, I'm not sure I would want to do all of the reinforcing of the frame and suspension to put that heavy of an engine in. That would be a really fast car with that setup though

lol actually that 350 looks in pretty good shap PM

Its not bad. The key doesn't work in the doors and the dash is cracked but it runs well and has lots of power. From what I've heard, the 7.5L (460ci) engine is one of their more reliable ones, so hopefully it will serve me well