Brad,
I have a '65 MKII that I did a ground up restoration on several years ago.
It was a real basket case when I started. Now it has won it's class twice at
VTR nationals and this year got a first in Seniors class. The problem is
they were inexpensive cars and people used them for what they were intended
FUN. So they got beat up, modified, and the top left down in the rain. As a
result very few have survived.
Ralph Jannelli
Matthews, NC
'65 Spitfire MKII
'72 Spitfire MKIV
'80 TR8 DHC
----- Original Message -----
From: <FODFARTS@cs.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:50 PM
Subject: where are all the old Spitfires?
>
> Where are have all the old Spitfires gone, I own a 64 MKI and it is the
only
> one in SW Missouri that I have ever seen. I have been surfing the web
looking
> at all the Spit sites and out of all the ones I've seen (200+) three were
for
> MKI or MKII. Anybody on the list own an old round tail Spit? Don't get me
> wrong, I like the newer ones too, but mine just has a look to it that the
> square tailed Spits seem to have lost. Sometimes when looking at the
goodies
> section of the parts catalogs I wish I had a 1500. Also when it looks like
> rain and I left the top at home I sometimes long for a convertible top
> instead of a roadster, but that is part of the charm I guess.
> Brad
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