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TooBusy

Post subject: $500 Triumph Spitfire - $500 bring a trailer

Posted: January 1, 2015, 8:03 pm

Joined: October 19, 2012, 9:25 pm
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Location: Summerville, SC

Hey guys, one of my coworkers wants to sell his Spitfire project.

I think that it's a 71, not sure. What I do know is it has a rebuilt, never run in engine that I built for him 10 years ago when he took it off the road to do a resto-mod. It's been sitting on the stand since I put it back together

Seats are early Miata

Body tub was really solid when I saw it last and it's been in a corner of his Dad's garage for ages.

If anyone is interested I can get details, pics, and an asking price... pretty sure he'll sell it cheap
No space in the garage, or I wouldn't even mention it, I'd just slap it back together and put it on ebay

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ngpmike

Post subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire

Posted: January 3, 2015, 12:18 am

Joined: December 17, 2010, 1:24 pm
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Location: Gainesville, Mo.

Asking price would be good to know. Pics would be even better! I'm assuming that it's located in your neck of the woods!

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wrightcomputing

Post subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire

Posted: January 3, 2015, 8:42 am

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Location: Sarasota

@TooBusy didn't you just finish one of your projects? You must be itching to buy it.

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TooBusy

Post subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire

Posted: January 3, 2015, 9:28 am

Joined: October 19, 2012, 9:25 pm
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Location: Summerville, SC

I'll ask Danny for pics and price.

Yeah, I just finished the R1 project. It's on here and ebay to convert sweat back into cash.
Im tempted to grab the spit. I could turn it into a running driving "barn find" in about 3 work days

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rx7locost

Post subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire

Posted: January 3, 2015, 9:53 am

Joined: July 17, 2008, 9:11 am
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Location: West Chicago,IL

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Im tempted to grab the spit. I could turn it into a running driving "barn find" in about 3 work days

I'm tempted too, if the price was low enough for me to 1) buy it, 2) ship it to Illinois, 3) put in a week's worth of work, then 4)pay the ebay and paypal overhead, and still make money. Then I'm sure that Toobusy will by it and do the same himself, without the need to ship it.

My first Brit car was a '63 Spit!

Good luck. It is calling to you.

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TooBusy

Post subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire

Posted: January 3, 2015, 10:14 am

Joined: October 19, 2012, 9:25 pm
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Location: Summerville, SC

rx7locost wrote:

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Im tempted to grab the spit. I could turn it into a running driving "barn find" in about 3 work days

Chuck, I like the way you think. I just don't have garage space to do it right now. I've got the Mini blown into 10,000 pieces in the garage. The Zetec project has one bay and two of my cabinets full of bits.

I keep seeing Spits going for 3500 and up that need a lot of work.

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TooBusy

Post subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire

Posted: January 6, 2015, 4:46 pm

Joined: October 19, 2012, 9:25 pm
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Location: Summerville, SC

Hope to get pics from Danny later this week.
The car is mostly blown apart like so many stalled resto mod projects.

He said he'd like to get a grand, but has wiggle room

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ngpmike

Post subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire

Posted: January 23, 2015, 11:10 am

Joined: December 17, 2010, 1:24 pm
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Location: Gainesville, Mo.

No further word or pics from Danny?

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TooBusy

Post subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire

Posted: January 23, 2015, 11:20 am

Joined: October 19, 2012, 9:25 pm
Posts: 3365
Location: Summerville, SC

Let me smack him around some

Back to you in a bit

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TooBusy

Post subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire

Posted: January 23, 2015, 12:27 pm

Joined: October 19, 2012, 9:25 pm
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Location: Summerville, SC

Talked to Danny

Says he'll shoot pics this weekend.

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TooBusy

Post subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire

Posted: February 6, 2015, 9:05 am

Joined: October 19, 2012, 9:25 pm
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Location: Summerville, SC

Danny finally sent me some pics
Looks sad and lonely under a torn up tarp.

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He has a set of triumph seats and a set out of a Miata
Extra doors
rebuilt (by me long, long ago) engine
everything he took off when he started the resto

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TooBusy

Post subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire

Posted: February 6, 2015, 9:06 am

Joined: October 19, 2012, 9:25 pm
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Location: Summerville, SC

It could be an ugly driver in a week

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TooBusy

Post subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire

Posted: March 27, 2015, 12:58 pm

Joined: October 19, 2012, 9:25 pm
Posts: 3365
Location: Summerville, SC

BUMP

Danny says bring a trailer and $500

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Mnot

Post subject: Re: $500 Triumph Spitfire - $500 bring a trailer

Posted: May 11, 2015, 10:52 am

Joined: September 24, 2013, 4:06 pm
Posts: 854
Location: Charlotte, NC

Where is the car? i might be interested

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TooBusy

Post subject: Re: $500 Triumph Spitfire - $500 bring a trailer

Posted: May 11, 2015, 10:53 am

Joined: October 19, 2012, 9:25 pm
Posts: 3365
Location: Summerville, SC

Williston, SC about 30 minutes from Aiken, SC 90 minutes from Columbia

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