The 1979 Red Spitfire Page.

This is the one that hooked me. This was Moms car my final year or so of High School. Little did Mom know that her buying this 1979 model in late 1978 would lead to my lifelong (well, so far) attraction to small convertibles that always seem to need some tweak or adjustment.

This car also lead me, later, to a brief flirtation with Racing. But not with Moms car! At one time I had six Triumph's setting in the yard (one for race , one for the street, and the rest for parts). Now I'm down to six. . .whoops.

Spitfire aficionados will note that the top two pictures are after a re-paint (there are no Spitfire 1500 decals on the Bonnet). This re-paint was the result of one of my more memorable displays of teenage imortallity (or at least teenagers think they are imortal). I ran this car into a telephone pole at about 80 MPH one night. Needless to say everything in front of the firewall was replaced. But it came out all right, and after about a week on the frame machine it handled better than the day it was bought. Although the front bumper never did quite line up correct.

Small, light and reasonably quick, these cars are not fast. But what tends to be the first question out of many mouths? . . . "How fast will it go?"

This view shows that slightly mis-aligned front bumper.

The Bonnet is only up to the bottom of the door of the stock hieght 4X4 Chevy truck the Red Spit is parked next to. But there is plenty of leg room for my 6' 3" frame. Of course, I can look over the Windscreen without leaving my seat.

This car has since been sold by Mom. In fact it has gone through two or three owners since Mom sold it. So if you see a Red 1979 Spitfire in the Rome N.Y. area this may be the one. At least I think it is still in the Rome area.

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