Thanks to everyone for the various suggestions of finding the history behind my
Spitfire. The poor beast is
in rough shape, but underneath the leaves and garbage were a lot of "original"
racing bits. The engine out
of it is in a street car (the second Spit I got in the trade), there's an extra
gearbox in the boot in pieces, but
I've saved everything, even all the shattered bits of the plexiglass windscreen.
Here's a poor quality pic of the car after I pulled it in to the "car corral"
behind my barn/workshop:
http://www.teamsanctuary.com/images/spitfire.jpg
It's hard to tell in the pic, but the headlamps are gone and replaced by simple
blanking plates. Tail lamps
(what was left of 'em) were still in place. The car has obviously been many
different colors. The fender "flares"
look like they were added later in the car's life, not as many layers of paint
and so forth. The car has Koni shocks,
braided brake hoses, and dual Girling brake masters. The car took a bonk on
the nose (obviously) but also had
the driver's door pushed in and repaired.
It'll take a while before I get to building this car. Right now I'm putting
the finishing touches on a TR8 restoration
for my wife. (http://www.teamsanctuary.com/tr8.htm -- though I've changed
colors and now the car has a
Team Surtees inspired racing "stripe"/arrow on it).
My five year old son has laid claim to the Spit; he may be the only five year
old with his own "vintage" race car!
Thanks again!
-Keith Wheeler
Team Sanctuary
"Girling is not a verb."
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