Hi all - I just signed on a few days ago. so pardon me if my questions
have been recently covered.
I wanted a spitfire 25 years ago, but settled for a Herald convertible.
It was fun,and I thought my system had been purged. But nooooo. I need
a spitfire. I've read the buyer's guides on the VTR and TSSC web pages
and started looking. I signed on the list and now I'm a little
worried. I see all the posts about engine swaps, and I wonder what I'm
getting myself back into. Is this an aberrent thread, or do many people
lose the stocker and go to something else?
Also, I live in the High Desert of Southern California, where summertime
temperatures regularly reach 110 F. Can a spitfire survive that
environment? I don't want to have to run my heater all summer long (8^(
Anyway, I've got a line on '79 1500 that was supposedly running when
stored, but hasn't run in three years. Aside from the obvious, anything
I need to know about resurrecting the little guy? Assuming body and
interior are in fair shape, what's a reasonable price. The guy is
asking $2K, but the little research I've done so far looks more like $1K
to me. Am I dreaming?
Do people have strong opions about models? I'm leaning towards a 1500.
Am I crazy?
BTW, I don't want to spend my whole life wrenching on the thing, but I
am not totally inept or unfamiliar with Brtish vehicles, having been a
Triumph/BSA/Norton mechanic more years ago then I care to admit.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long post. Future ones will be
terse.
Regards,
Mark Gardner
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