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 […]
Category: 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]