1980 Triumph Spitfire Restoration - Liberty 

This is by far the best video I have seen on a summary of a Triumph Spitfire restoration. I will be referring to it often when I start the 76 US fed I have parked in my garage. I love the updates, mods, and conversions you made on this brown beauty. Lots of solid and logical improvements you made. I love everything you did on this car and hope to add many of these features to my own project. Seriously. Thank you very much for this video. Keep up the excellent work!

Love how you do so much with your own hands, heart and mind - the research on suppliers and appreciation of their efforts.

Impressive. More talent than money. Absolutely first class craftsmanship.

What a lovely looking car you've done a great job here buddy 👍 there's not many cars that can look that good in brown. The interior trim is superb. The style of the spitfire is timeless. You should feel proud

it is amazing how clean your car is! impressive and looks like allot of fun doing the work you did on the car!

Superb restoration have a 1980 spit myself in the uk your video has given me lots of great tips and information best informative video I’ve seen 👍👍👍

Dude man you did such an amazing job on this car I really love it. 1st place trophy goes to you. Beautiful triumph spitfire

Sitting on one of the front wheels to fuss with the mechanics was a DREAM.

Congrats, what a lovely Spitfire. I like your sensible mods. When a new Spitfire arrived at the dealership a spare set of keys were taped to the underside of the washer bottle. During the car's PDI, the mechanic was supposed to remove the spare keys & hand them to the salesman. But this rarely happened. So when we were 17, we'd all load up in my 1948 Austin 8 & drive to pubs looking for Spitfires. If we found one, flip open the bonnet, retrieve the keys and move the car across the car park, lock the car & replace the keys. Then we'd sit in my Austin 8 & giggle watching the confused owner come out of the pub looking for his Spitfire. On a good night we'd move 4 or 5 Heralds & Spitfires. Great fun for us 17 year olds. ☺

That is freaking beautiful 😍. That car never looked that good when it was brand new. Absolutely custom fabulous....

Nice to see someone put this much work into a Spitfire. My first car was a '71 Spitfire.

Wow it looks fantastic. Great job.

beautifully restored well done sir!

I always thought the Spitfire was a pretty car. When it's in nice clean condition like this, it is something to be admired. With today's cars, the only dues you have to pay to own one is the price. Cars like this come from a time when you had to put some effort into the ownership. Maintenance, ride, creature comfort, and lots of idiosyncrasies ruled out many of the non-enthusiasts. I had two Fiat X1/9s which I enjoyed immensely, but I always turned my head for these. Thanks for the enjoyable video.

Very well presented car, well done.

This is the way a spit should have been built from the factory. The dash, exhaust and the way you propped up the bonnet is my favorite parts of the car. Sooo Cool!

Nicely restored / improved car. Some very sensible improvements.

Having spent most of my life working on my and other people's Brit cars l can really respect what you've done. Lot's of $ and hrs. However, l can imagine how it drives and l'm sure it beings a lot of joy and satisfaction. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Terrific Job. Absolutely Magnificent.

You had me at the plexiglass air intake.... Passed that all I was doing was drooling like a man just ready to eat a fat juicy steak! Thanks for showing us this superb specimen of a triumph. It's about making the car better and updated to a better standard.

Beautifully done. I'm not a big fan of brown but the car looks great, and the engine details are very well done. NICE !

Magnificent! I’ve never seen better!

Superb job!

Nice work!

STUNNING!

Fabulous workmanship.

Geweldige Spit!!! Complimenten.

Looks great,nice to see a spitfire restored so awesome.

Great job!

I also have a 1980 Spit built in February. Mine was in rough shape when I got it but will never be as nice as yours. I did do duel carb conversation and installed bumpers off a 1976 parts car. My carpet set did not fit as well as yours. But this gives me more inspection thanks

Car looks fantastic

STUNNING, Amazing beautiful project professional clean work. Well done excellent. Qurter vent windows not available anywhere.

what a car... Love it... great job...

Wow, I'm really impressed. Funny how many similarities I see under the bonnet to my 1971 Triumph Vitesse. I'll have to try putting hydraulic struts under my bonnet. This weekend I'll be binge-watching your videos!

Great job.

That's beautiful

Une merveilleuse "spit" de rêve ! 😊

Gorgeous job. Not my favourite colour but lovely restoration

Hi, Nice car. Did you not fit a 2:1 vacuum booster to the twin circuit braking. Regards Phil Mac

So....I guess I can expect to spend about a billion dollars to get mine that nice. So many parts!

Nice work, looks great from vid. I use to work on spits back in the 70 & 80s. I am currently looking to buy one, however deciding on a miata as well. If I go with the miata, I will upgrade to a LSx v8. I also like the TR6. If I go with the Spit, I am favoring the 1970 round but any year is ok if no, no rust and original. That way it would be a good car to restore properly. Thanks for the vid. PS would consider a properly restore car as well.

I never understood this colour choice, my brother had a Dolomite sprint in the same colour, we affectionately named it "the flying turd".

I REALLY miss my '77 RED Spitfire :(

This restomod is awesome! So fresh and so clean! I'll remember the KY advise! I have a potential to work on a 79 with the same color. Your car is such an inspiration! Do the wheels come in black - where did you pick them up? I love how the closure has that beautiful "thud"...so tight. Where did you get the seals? Thanks!

Nice job. Congratulations. What are front springs used? Did you use lowering spacer in the back 1 " or 3/4"

Hello, have a nice day. About the radio tunnel aluminum piece from which car or its original if orginal from which model vehicle.

Lovey car, really nice wheels, but put in that overdrive, a must for a road car, and I'd swap the SUs for side-draft carbs (Dellorto or Weber).

I liked the looks of your interior so much I am ordering the Newton Comm Carpet for mine, where did you get the door trim with the rubber rubber fingers and the rain trim on the windows?

Eeeh, you NEED an overdrive. I changed my gearbox (on my spitfire) to an overdrive. 400 rpm less at 120km/hour. Works good! But, other then that :-) ,... wow, great job!

Hey Paul, good to see you still around! Not getting into EFI this round? ;)

Hi, I was looking for one ,this is the same color as my last one ...love it where is the hard top ..in chicago.I ran it in the winter the over heated motor love it .but I did throw a rod in -40 .did you know that it never got cold inside ,in the winter.wow. how much . please kind sir....🙂

I’m currently doing a 1970 Mk3 … do you still have yours?

Question jump to my mind. How much cost and how many months to complete all this amazing beautiful professional clean work project.

Did you replace the muffler or the same unit ??

can't help but notice the sniffer

👍❤️

I’d love to buy it or have a list of what you all did to it.

I'd've liked to've heard it.

Looks nice but I much prefer a little patina and originality. Just looks too new for me.

Did you ever sell it?

what is your website?

Your incessant sniffing and grunting are somewhat off putting in what otherwise is a decent attempt.