17th December 202317th December 2023Electrical, Engine, Spitfire 1500 Restoration New ECU & the Great Fire of ’22 Well, it’s over 2 years since I made a post. Quite a few events have happened in that time, some of which have changed my life forever. […]
22nd January 202128th September 2021Electrical, Electronics, Spitfire 1500 Restoration Triumph Spitfire Electronic Ignition I’ve spent quite a lot of time researching ignition systems for the Spitfire. Before I took it off the road for restoration, I had a basic electronic […]
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 […]
4th August 2015Motors Triumph TT600 Throttle Balancing Having spent a while reading about the throttle bodies on the TT600 I decided to have a go at balancing them. The TT600 suffered from problems on […]
8th June 20149th June 2014Bodywork, Spitfire 1500 Restoration Painting the Chassis I finally got to the stage of putting some colour on the chassis today since the humidity was low enough at 50%. Although I’ve not been working […]