Lloyd551 Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Hi all, My names Lloyd and about 2 years ago i bought a Spitfire 1500 from an old electrician I worked with on a Building site. I'm 20 years old and always been into my cars so thought this would be a good project for me, so far I've really enjoyed working on it with the help of my Dad and we've made good progress. Unfortunately progress is slow as I'm in the RAF so I spend most of my time away form home where the car is, but still make the effort to push on with it when I do go home. Anyway I'll be around here asking for help and advice with bits and pieces, and i'm sure in the near future i'll be driving her about ! I've uploaded two photos, first one is the state I found the car in before I even touched and the second is just a more recent one. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Hello Lloyd, Welcome to the forum. Your Spitfire looks an excellent project, they are also great fun to drive. There are many experts on the forum which I am sure will be able to help answer your questions. Thanks, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Thats excellent progress from a bag of bits do I spy twin webbers ????? Could be interesting to set up....... is the engine modified pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 I spy a pair of Webers (or maybe dellortos) and looks like 5 1/2j wheels? So not quite a standard car, which I think is good!! Did it come with the goodies, or have you been busy? (he asks being rather nosey) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd551 Posted December 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Eagle eyes there ! Yep they are a pair of twin Weber DCOE 40's. they've been set up to some settings I got from another website and general advice from a mechanic. Engine has run a few months ago and it seemed alright (but didnt rev it very much) the last tax that was bought for the car was 1989 so may have been the first time the engine started in a few years ! The only small modification on the engine is hardened valve seats for the unleaded fuel, as far as I know the rest is standard. The wheels i'm not sure about if i'm honset, they just came with the car ! The webers came in the boot of a car my Dad bought, he and the guy selling the car didn't want them and as my car didn't come with any I thought why not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qu1ckn1ck Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Nice find ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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