I traded a couple of VW engiens for a pair of Triumph Spitfires -- a mechanical
engineer
buddy of mine does home built airplanes, had the cars, wanted the engines. I
figure I
got the better (and safer!) end of the deal.
He said one was a race car. I thought "yeah right" but then the guy isn't your
typical "man
on the street". Long story short. Indeed, a racer, a '67 Spitfire with very
late 60's early 70's
type prep -- narrow Y type harnesses, well built roll bar (diag brace etc) but
still just a roll
bar. Very tiny seat, remnants of a plexiglass (smoke colored) windscreen.
Still had a fire
extinguisher in it. Has two drilled inspection holes in the roll bar (and
braces) but I have
yet to find any stamped numbers or any ID plates at all on the beast -- none of
the original
Spitfire plates are there.
The car has lived in Arkansas for most of its life. I've talked to one of the
guys that I autocross
with, he and his dad ran a Spit for a while, claimed to have bought it from
Group 44. It's
obvious that this car was at least built as a racer "back in the day", but I
have no proof.
What would you do? Is there any way of figuring out where this thing came from
without
finding the guy that built it?
-Keith Wheeler
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