They were actually Spitfires - the top was a fiberglass (IIRC) add-on for
aerodynamics - it is NOT the same as a GT-6, though the shape is fairly
similar. They had 4 cylinder engines. Triumph World Magazine had an article
on these cars sometime this past year - I'll look up which issue when I get
home tonight.
Kevin Rhodes
Freddy the Spit.
At 11:10 AM 12/07/1999 -0500, Terry L. Thompson wrote:
>Spitfirers,
>Speedvision had a show with the above mentioned title, on their "History of
>Autocross" of what I seem to remember was a
>1964 race at LeMans in which Standard Triumph unveiled the Spitfire coupe.
>3 of them raced and only one finished (one I believe was taken out/wrecked
>by an american driven vehicle).
>
>They kept refering to the car as a Spitfire, but it had a GT6 hard-top
>body. My question is, were they curtailing the name of the car (dropping
>the GT6) or were they actually 4 cylinder engines in the GT6 body? I also
>recollect that they stated the "Spitfire" that finished averaged around 90+
>km per hour during the 24 hour race.
>
>Just curious,
>Terry L. Thompson
>'76 Spit 1500
>Maryland
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