Louisw

Not taken badly dont worry! All repairs were fully seam welded and ground back. Sills had been repaired previously on the offside and not seam welded on the b panel.

You have to remember the age I started this restoration at. I didn't have a job, was at school and using whatever birthday/christmas money on restoring the car. Sheet metal was cheaper than panels!

Just painstakingly gone through all the images and re-uploaded. Would have been easier to start over as I had to go through all the photos individually but got there in the end! Cheers

I'll update tonight thanks for the heads up. Was easier to copy across from the other forum but didnt realise it would give issues. 2016 was the wrong date, I started this in 2012 I believe maybe earlier!

Photos are working fine for me. Strange!

More cleaning and engine work led to this Rebuilt the front suspension on the passenger side with new bushes, bolts, refurbed calipers, new hoses and grease caps. I have oiled my trunnions at the front, and checked my wheel bearings and everything seems to be OK. And that was everything upto date! Car has just been on axle stands for 5 years then on it's wheels for an extra year. Hopefully make some more progress when the car is at my new house!

Painted my chassis black after the primer and also cleaned up the insides of the bonnet hinge boxes which as awkward even with the smallest wire brush on the drill. Picked up new fibreglass bonnet. Came with bonnet latches and lights for only £60 which was a complete bargain. Cut away more sill rust on the drivers side... Fillered and primered the doors, sills, rear quarters on both sides and then the rear deck. First time without the roof in a LONG LONG TIME!I also started painting the underside of my bonnet, and reinstalling the hinge location brackets into the bonnet hinge boxes.

Hi All, I posted in the new members thread but thought it would be a good idea to start a proper thread for my spitfire. I was a fairly long time and active member on club triumph however when the forum/website was updated it was much harder to post and keep upto date with everyones projects. Happy to see TSSC is still very active and glad to be part of this community as the forum is much easier to navigate through and see updates! I started this project when I was 16 way back in December 2012 after the car hadnt moved in over 30 years. It originally belonged to my mum who passed ownership to me in 2016. I'll try to keep this thread pretty brief but there was a fair bit of work very early on. For around 4 years uni and work has gotten in the way and the car has just been sat under a car-port. I'm planning on bringing the car to my new house near Halifax where I will continue the work and hopefully get it on the road! This car was the very first one I started working on and learning with. I had never welded or done any actual 'mechanic' work before so this was a huge learning curve with no-one helping me so please bear that in mind! Everything was learnt through reading other peoples project threads. This was done on a shoe-string budget too because of this and looking back some 'welds' make me cringe. The plan is to revisit all the areas as I'm certain I can improve on them now i've more experience, as although i've not been working on this I have a clio 182 that I modify/repair. Anyway, photos of where it all began - Thankfully I had a nearly mint interior with nearly solid floors. Engine mileage was also very low, but crazy considering the 'repairs' that had previously been carried out on rust which I will come on to! I stripped the carbs down rebuilding with new gaskets and seals and replenished all hoses for new. Although there had been only one PO, it was a Dreaded PO for sure! New patches had clearly been bodged in with underseal and filler. Pulled my fuel tank and tested out electrolysis with good results! Got a completely clean fuel tank within a few days, very chuffed with the results. Removed the bodged rear quarter, cut away the bad metal and welded in some new with a repair panel. Much better... Bare in mind this was the first thing I'd ever welded in my life! Everything off the bulkhead and that primered. Everything back on after cleaning up brackets and painting them. Also gave my MCS a rehaul whilst I was at it. Stripped my steering rack down repacking with grease completely with a new steering knuckle. I also carried out some repairs on my bootlid after finding replacements on eBay at ridiculous prices with the same rot in the same places as mine!Both sides needed repair. Cut it out the rust in the sills and welded in some sheet panels. Not the best welding. It was strong but not pretty. Other side wasn't any better.

I never received notifications for replies on here! Thank you for the warm welcome, still got lots of threads to read through. I have some pictures that I can start a build thread with, but please bear in mind that at the time I was still learning how to weld/work on cars and feel like my skills have come a long way since then after working on repairing/modifying my Clio 182. The spitfire is currently under a carport at my mums and still needs a little bit more welding until it's all complete. I'm tempted to start again on some parts though knowing I can do it better! It's crossed my mind to part tub from chassis, pull the engine and do a proper re-haul! Then I also think I can just get it on the road for summer, enjoy it, then work on it over winter. But the chances of that happening are slim with the crap weather over winter!

Hello all, I made my account many years ago when I first started the restoration of my MKIV spitfire. Since then life, university and work has gotten in the way but i'm hoping to restart my project! I noticed clubtriumph forum does not seem active at all since the updates so look forward to being part of this community and reading all the threads! Cheers! Louis