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Category: Spitfire 1500 Restoration

7th March 202013th May 2020Bodywork, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

Spitfire Body Tub Repairs

The time had finally come to get the body stripped down and start work on repairs. I decided to go down the chemical stripping route and in […]

30th June 20181st July 2018Engine, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

Spitfire Engine

I originally stripped the whole engine nearly 4 years ago. The main caps and big ends/conrods were already numbered so I think it may have had new […]

8th June 20178th June 2017Drivetrain, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

Overdrive Rebuild

Once the gearbox was complete the overdrive was next up. It’s a Laycock J type used on many cars of the era. Mine always worked quite well […]

30th March 20174th April 2017Drivetrain, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

Spitfire 1500 – Gearbox Rebuild

When I first took the Spitfire off the road I thought it would be best to exchange the gearbox for a reconditioned one as some of the […]

7th April 20158th June 2017Engine, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

Head Work

The diff is on hold until I can get hold of a pinion depth shim that’s on backorder so I decided to do some work on the […]

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