The strip down starts - Restoration 29/04/2007
Written by Nigel Marsh Sunday, 04 July 2010 17:35
Today it began. The first thing was to strip it down, place all nuts and bolts in labelled containers and see a little closer exactly what I was about to face.
I was pleasantly surprised with what I found. The initial superficial inspection didn't really turn up anything particularly nasty.
The arrival - Restoration 28/04/2007
Last Updated on Sunday, 04 July 2010 17:01 Written by Nige Sunday, 04 July 2010 15:11
The memories of this Spit from when I was young are etched into my brain. I've been dreaming of owning this since I was a young boy. I remember running around the back of where my gran lived to the group of garages where my uncle Bill used to keep her (The car, not my gran).
Then and Now
Last Updated on Sunday, 04 July 2010 14:50 Written by Nige Sunday, 04 July 2010 09:36
I've been sorting through the hundreds of photographs of this restoration before I get stuck in on the articles that will cover everything done to her. First though, I thought I'd give an overview of where I'll start and show you a couple more pictures of where she is now.
Triumph Spitfire Mk1 - A quick introduction
Last Updated on Sunday, 04 July 2010 14:20 Written by Nige Sunday, 06 June 2010 09:24
This is my pride and joy, possibly the hardest fought restoration I could have ever hoped for, a money pit, my oldest memory and a huge lesson learned.
When she first arrived, she was red, rusty and pretty well broken. It hadn't been anywhere since the very early 1970's. This section of the site will detail her revival over the course of the last three years. This will be accompanied by the hundreds, possibly thousands of photographs that went with it.
Oil Cooler Lines replacement
Last Updated on Sunday, 04 July 2010 14:23 Written by Nige Saturday, 05 June 2010 14:28
Went out and bought an old 1996 Range Rover DT. That's the one with the 2.5ltr diesel engine. Yeah, I know, not exactly balls to the wall, but it's more economical than my old Volvo 850 and it's a hell of a comfortable motor.
The only problems that it has is a drip from the oil cooler lines, the sun roof internal hatch handle needs gluing back on and the near side mirror wasn't fitted correctly. If there's any other problem, I haven't come across it yet.
