>P.S: Nice to see that it was the indentured (sp?) servant to a
"Midget"....
><mischevious grin><flame suit on!!!><Oh no. Laura's going to come after me
>now....>
Now Michael, why would I come after someone who drives a -Midget?! I'm more
compassionate than that! <G> ;-)
Laura G. and Nigel
>
>
>Item Description:
> The Spitfire 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
>for a replacement hood, he located a GT6 which had been rear ended (The GT6
>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
>to a friend of mine who kept the car for 8 years intending to fix it up but
>never seemed to get around to it. It set in a field for the last year up
on
>blocks and had to be drug out after I bought it.
>
>I sanded off all of the latex paint. (The original color was hunter
green.)
>The hood from the GT6 had apparantly seen its own wreck from the amount of
>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
>I'm not a very good painter. The engine was taken apart, planed down, new
>rings, new rod and main bearings. New timing chain. New clutch, throwout
>bearing and pressure plate, slave cylinder, master cylinder and fluid line.
>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.
>
>Since then, however, someone hit and ran bending the back bumper,
destroying
>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
>the seat. I built a speaker box just for the Spitfire out of oak, but
>someone stole that too.
>
>The car has never had seatbelts and was built in December of 1971, before
>seatbelts were required.
>
>The car runs good, but needs cosmetic work, depending on what you want to
do
>with the car. If you just want to run around in it , then it runs fine but
>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.
>
>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
>the wiring because small problems with the 27 year old wiring keep popping
>up.
>
>If you want to fully restore the car, you will have to work on some of the
>interior panels, but restoration is not necessary to enjoy this car, I was
>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
>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.
>
>
>Buyer pays all shipping costs.
>
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