This is a wonderful 1973 Triumph Spitfire 1500 which was featured in Spitfire & GT6 Magazine Issue #40. The car was completely overhauled, frame up, between 1988 and 1995. All floors, inner and outer sills, bonnet (new used), and rear quarter panels have been replaced. New door handles were added. It has had all major components either rebuilt replaced or “gone thru”, I have rebuilt the engine and added a Kent street cam, new oil pump, new oil cooler, new timing chain and gears. New distributor with electronic ignition, gear induction starter, new water pump and new radiator. A stainless steel external oil feed to the rocker arm assembly as well as new rocker arms and rocker shaft. The head was machined and has high a performance valve and spring set. Piston sleeves were rebored just prior to my purchasing the car. The original carb was replaced with two rebuilt SU HS4’s with K&N air filters. Hydraulic bonnet assist have been installed. Wrapped Steel headers with stainless steel Bell high performance silencers have been installed . All brake lines have been replaced with stainless steel lines from the master cylinder too the wheel cylinders. Crossed and drill front rotors with ceramic pads and all brake cylinders replaced. All suspension parts have been replaced and or rebuilt. This includes forward trunnions, lowered front springs, heavy duty rear leaf spring, bearings and seals for rear end. The rear end neither sags or leaks. Gaz shocks front and rear, plus all the normal front end stuff. A single rail transmission was rebuilt and installed in place of the original three rail tranny. It is mated with a J type overdrive. The transmission was rebuilt and the overdrive bench tested for correct operation and running pressure and gone thru with all screens and filters replaced. It has a brand new, this week, Optima Red dry cell battery with a trickle charger. This is a $215.00 battery folks! The interior has been completely replaced. All passenger compartment floors and foot wells have been heat proofed with an alloy heat/sound proofing material with fiber sound barrier laid over. The dash is hand made black walnut from one piece with the grain perfectly in line through out its length; you can clearly see this in the pictures. I took the liberty of removing the more obnoxious dash lights to enhance the black walnut. Instrumentation includes a new Smith speedometer, tachometer, original fuel gauge with new sending unit, and a new Smith water temp./oil sensor gauge. The new speedometer was installed there years ago and has 911 miles on it. The old speedometer was pulled out with about 35000 miles on it, as with many cars like this the actual milage is pretty much unknown. Front and rear bumpers as well as some trim has been recently re-plated. The car has the desirable black chrome rear fender strips. This car has mini light wheels with Sumitomo high performance summer tires with very low milage.
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Location: Westport, Connecticut, United States
