1979 Triumph Spitfire: Former Math Teacher Turns Out To Be The Dream Car Owner | Garage Squad 

I have a Spitfire IV that I rebuilt from a heap of rust. I now have a perfectly reliable daily driver. A few tips: 1. Remake all electrical connections. This will take a day or so but sidesteps so many potential problems. 2. Fit electronic ignition and avoid all of the problems of the old points based ignition system. 3. Fit a bigger radiator and fix potential cooling problems. 4. Take the time to understand how SU carbs work. They are very easy to set up and maintain once you get the picture of how they work.

They don’t realize they can pull the tunnel out? From the interior? I have pulled a trans and replaced a clutch in 3 hours.

They should have read the Haynes Manual before working on it. They could have done much more in a shorter time. BUT, they did a great job for her.

Uh... pull the trans out from inside the car. No need to pull engine. Very easy did it myself first time with no help. This is silly.

I bought a brand new 1975 the same color . FRENCH BLUE !! . I miss that more than any car I ever had . Number two would have been the 1970 GT-6 !!

The trans is removed from the interior of the vehicle, come on now fellas, it's called research...

"Those little iron motors you can beat on those things forever and they just won't die" for any 1500 owner out there we all know that's the biggest load of bs. 🤣 I wish they were.

this is my car

My father has a 72 triumph

i wished they had done an upgrade and give it more power. or something different. well its great they got her car working again!

Tip ,,, Car Lift ??

The blond woman looks just like the mother from Modern Family.

Can't believe this. You guys got absolutely no idaea what you are doing. Get yourself a Hayne's Manual and you will find out the clutch-changing job can be done in less than an hour. I finished it in 45 minutes. Just listening to your words really hurts. These cars are so smart designed and easy to keep in shape. They deserve people with respect. Why don't you just simply keep your hands off things you don't understand?

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Hey Kathy - please join our discussion forum. British Car Forum (string that all together and put dot com on the end)

What's with the Covid masks? Everybody but the Squad crew wearing them! Burn my trunk!

British engineering at its finest

dont even know how to take the box out stick to your truck engines

Rust bucket

This is the worst thing I've ever seen in my life. The show is terrible the actors are terrible.

I had a 77 it was absolutely rubbish I sold it 2 years ago and bought a porsche, I haven't looked back

Not being American that motor produces almost as much top end as a much larger American engine and the car can go round corners I'd put it against many much larger engined American cars of the day in an actual race. Not a drag race or a giant loop with no real corners