30th September 202130th September 2021Bodywork, Drivetrain Spitfire Engine & Body Installation The body was painted and polished as far as I was happy with so next up was to install the engine and gearbox before lowering the body […]
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 […]
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 […]
2nd February 20142nd February 2014Spitfire 1500 Restoration Engine Strip Down While I’m waiting for sand blasting media to arrive so I can finish stripping the chassis (yes, I’m still stripping the chassis!), I could start work on […]
21st March 201315th January 2014Spitfire 1500 Restoration Small Car, Mammoth Task I’ve owned my ’79 Spitfire 1500 for about 8 years now. It’s been used as my daily driver every year, through every season with the exception of […]
12th December 201014th January 2014Motors Spitfire 1500 Blown Head Gasket Now I’m sure there are people out there that say one way of doing things is better than another. I don’t claim to be a mechanic here, […]