>>....could get this for the minimum bid of..... only $3,000 USD.
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>Sounds wonderful - this means that Emma Peel, my trusty 1980 1500 is worth
about
>$20,000.00 US - I'm RICH!!
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>Cheers,
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>Neil
This was what I was thinking! Just imagine how much Nigel (who comes with
_2_ racing engines!) would be worth!
Laura G. and (my $$$$$$ baby!) Nigel
tfire was once wrecked by the wife of its second owner (she
>>ran it into their house thinking it was in reverse). Thus when he
searched
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>>for a replacement hood, he located a GT6 which had been rear ended (The
GT6
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>>hood is identical except for the raised part in the middle of the hood,
>>giving this Spitfire a unique look.) He then painted the car with orange
>>latex house paint and used the car as the "spirit" car for midget league
>>football team he coached. The car was sold then resold a few months later
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>>to a friend of mine who kept the car for 8 years intending to fix it up
but
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>>never seemed to get around to it. It set in a field for the last year up
on
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>>blocks and had to be drug out after I bought it.
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>>I sanded off all of the latex paint. (The original color was hunter
green.)
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>>The hood from the GT6 had apparantly seen its own wreck from the amount of
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>>bondo I sanded off. I replaced both front corner valances, rocker panels
>>and rear fenders. But I did not replace any of the interior panels. The
>>floor panels were tinned in and fiberglassed over. I repainted the car,
but
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>>I'm not a very good painter. The engine was taken apart, planed down, new
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>>rings, new rod and main bearings. New timing chain. New clutch, throwout
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>>bearing and pressure plate, slave cylinder, master cylinder and fluid
line.
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>>New alternator, fuel pump, water pump, battery, coil, cellinoid, horns,
>>headlights and rebuilt the carburetor. New tires. New interior door
>>handles. I also had to get the brakes working. Revinalled the dash.
>>Reupolsered the seats. (The dash has been modified from the original so
>>that I could get it on the road, much more fuctional than original ;^) )
>>The car needs a new wiper switch and a rear view mirror as explained
later.
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>>Since then, however, someone hit and ran bending the back bumper,
destroying
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>>the license plate light and bending the rear valance and putting a small
>>dent in the new left rear fender. Someone stole the rear view mirror.
>>Someone threw a lit cigarette in the passenger seat burning a small hole
in
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>>the seat. I built a speaker box just for the Spitfire out of oak, but
>>someone stole that too.
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>>The car has never had seatbelts and was built in December of 1971, before
>>seatbelts were required.
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>>The car runs good, but needs cosmetic work, depending on what you want to
do
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>>with the car. If you just want to run around in it , then it runs fine
but
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>>needs a new top (convertibles do that). It can look fairly sharp with an
>>additional investment of about $2000 to $3000. Or It could be fully
>>restored with about $5000 to $7000.
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>>There is some rust on the hood and trunk lid, and several small cracks in
>>the hood. If you wish to restore the car you would need to replace the
>>hood. The trunk lid could be fixed, but I'd suggest replacing it. The
>>brake system works, but I was planning to replace it if I don't sell it
>>(about $500) I would suggest straightening the frame and replacing all of
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>>the wiring because small problems with the 27 year old wiring keep popping
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>>up.
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>>If you want to fully restore the car, you will have to work on some of the
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>>interior panels, but restoration is not necessary to enjoy this car, I was
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>>driving it a couple of days ago out on the interstate with the top down.
>>But the MK IV was only made for a year and a half and the 1296 cc engine
is
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>>the most reliable engine made for the Spitfire. Personally, the GT6 hood
>>looks better on the Spitfire than the original hood so that is the only
>>alteration from the original I would make if restoring the car.
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>>Buyer pays all shipping costs.
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