[Spridgets] Spitfire in 73

[Kirk Hargreaves]

Thanks. .  I appreciate the warning.  I have always liked the look of the
car. .  so this will re-enforce my staying away from one if the occasion
should ever come up.

Not that the earlier years were any better, but I guess that the Leyland
years really capped it off with terrible build quality.

Kirk

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net>wrote:

> On 1/7/2011 1:46 PM, Kirk Hargreaves wrote:
>
>> Frank,
>>
>>
>> Please elaborate a bit on your Spitfire experience?
>>
> I bought a new red Spitfire in 1973, April. $3025 out the door with tax,
> tags, AM/FM and a tonneou cover.
> June, 1873, Dealer will not repair the bum tranny so I had to hop a fence
> at a junk yard and get one myself.
> 11,000 miles and I spun a main bearing racing a Fiat 124, now THAT was
> embarrassing!
> So 3 engines, 2 trannys, and 9 rear ends later not to mention at least one
> new axle U joint a week, I sold the car in Feb of 1976 for $900.
> Over the years when a Spitfire come up cheap of free, I just say NO.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ