Triumph Spitfire Two Week Restoration Part 3 - Paint! 

As i write this Ive just finished editing the last episode and its now uploading! 10am tomorrow morning (Sunday) youll see the finished car and its incredible (and currently parked putside my house). Thank you all for your support in the comments and keeping me going while i work! I'm now off to drink 12 pints of san miguel 😂

Morning Ben, yeah we think you should detail under the bonnet, it would be a shame not to with all the work that you have done so far 😊👍🏻

I've admired that Peugeot green ever since it came out, never expected to see a Spitfire painted in it - looks amazing! 🎉

Here is a solid vote to dress up the Spittie's engine. Loved the series. I used to have a TR4. I want a Spitfire now ....

Would love to see the engine bay detailed 😄👍

That is a gorgeous color, in the words of Black Adder, you have produced a gem of pure green.

Do not worry about how long the episodes are I’d watch if they were 6 hours long, they are never boring.I’m never going to spray a car but it’s so interesting to find out about different reactions to different paints, I never realised that was a thing. Learning so much keep them coming 👌🏻

That looks absolutely glorious

I'm currently restoring a TR7 and I've watched a lot of car restorations on You Tube. It's really refreshing to see someone showing their failures and issues rather than everything being perfect first go. These videos just go to show that your setup doesn't have to be perfect and in the real world things don't always work out first time. But you just have to give it a go and get on with it!

Look amazing Ben all your videos are great well done

What timing, literally just finished the last episode

Ben cracking job credit to you for your determination for not giving up on all those reaction in the paint you should award yourshelf a medal well done.You were dead right on that green stunning.

Definitely would watch an engine bay detailing video. Would round off an excellent series, perfectly.

Don’t worry about getting it out in time for us.! take your time we’ll still here for when it’s done .

I vote YES to more episodes of this car.

Car is looking fantastic Ben , well done 👍🏻 and yes love to see an engine clean up video in future 👌🏻 Spitfire deserves it I think.

I watch these vids using headphones but keep forgetting about the heavy metal intro, Now 75% deaf 🤣

God I love this. No other channel I watch uses backing music that sounds like 1960's french softcore. It's blooming brilliant.

Hi Ben amazing job well done it looks incredible please do under the bonnet it would be a crying shame to not sort that engine 😢

Absolutely loved the video - as ever. Just a wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon watching you achieve so much. So admire your resolve and to be frank I'm a little envious - got me to thinking...maybe...one day?!

It looks absolutely gorgeous, Ben very Tasty... fantastic choice of colour. I love it 👌

This is such a great watch! It's very refreshing seeing real life and the way you overcome problems ❤

The TACK clothe Ben is made from the bean of the TIC TAC TOE TREE in Peru which is chewed by little old granny’s into a pulp , laid flat on screens and left to dry over 1 day in hot sunshine ☀️, quite an intensive process but so worth it 😁. Only use the ones from Peru 🇵🇪 because they are the tackiest on the market , glad you wore your gloves now 😂.

Definitely would love to see you do the engine bay, Loving the long videos, keep up the excellent work.

Do the engine bay detail

Brilliant Ben must be the best looking spitfire out there

Can I wish your lungs all the best for a speedy recovery looking at the clouds you formed in the workshop?!! But agreed, it's a fabulous colour.

Afternoon Ben, just on with a back-to-back binge watch and now on to this video. I've already got the next one queued up ready to watch after this. 👍

Fantastic job Ben. I think that's the best looking Spitfire out there. Great colour too. I enjoyed every minute of the three episodes, and I'm already looking forward to your next project 👍

Ben Greenbeard, what a beautiful colour, really makes the Spitfire sparkle. Yes to a video about detailing the engine and engine bay. You’ve got to see this project through to the finish. Good work!

You are an absolute genius Ben 👍 cant wait to see when its finished

With all the heart and soul you have put into that spitfire!! I really hope that you decide to keep it!! It’s a work of heart,weldone🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🍺🍺

Loving your content, it’s the detail that puts your content head and shoulders over many other streamer… also loving the Brit car vibe… 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Wow!! Enjoyed every minute of this weekends episodes and I cant wait for the one on Sunday too. The car looks phenomenal, its great to see all your hard work come together at the end, I can't emphasise how inspiring your down to earth attitude is and it really makes me want to give things a go with my own cars. Thank you for the great content Ben 👍

You make spray painting look easy I know how hard it is .

Ben given the effort you have put in so far I recon you really should do the detailing. What a fantastic colour!!!!!

Now that is one fantastic colour. Great content mate. Love your attitude and humour.

Thanks for your great videos. I admire your persistence and patience. Lovely to watch the whole process from beginning to end.

Great series Ben. Definitely yes to the engine detail.

Hi, Marcus from Germany. I love this project, love the colour too! Your most exciting project actually 😊, although I‘m a MINI fan. I can’t wait to see the finished Spitfire with the new wheels! You may clean up the area under the bonnet. All the best for you, buddy! 👍

That colour and all your labour have produced a stunning looking spitfire.. can't wait for the finished article 👌

Well done Ben fantastic content keep it going, the Car looks fab, 🛻🚙🚘🚗🚕

Wow Ben the green colour is SUPERB it’s gorgeous.

What a superb job Ben - really, just superb! Defo vote for detailing under the Bonnet ! PLEASE keep ‘em comin’! JCHK

I’d like to see the engine bay detail. It’d be worth doing especially after you’ve done all this work to the rest of the car

The car looks so superb I’m green with envy 😂no seriously it’s great 👍

Another great episode, good fun

Wow looks friggin awesome Ben. Great colours. Marc from Australia 🇦🇺

Great colour, have to admire your stoicism...get the engine bay detailed.....it'll look great...then end up alongside the Rover ...😂😂😂👍

2nd part of triology watched. Fab work Ben, great to see all stages of the work, problems too. Not boring or long winded. 👍🍻

Absolutely fantastic work Ben! Hands down one of the best RU-vid channels out there! The process of letting the solvents out of the paint is called flashing off and the best way to stop any reaction if you do get some at the primer stage is to sand back to bare metal. Had the same problem with a motorcycle.

And the lord JC smiled and said: How hard can it be? 😂

Excellent Ben great colour suits the Spitfire perfectly

Amazing colour and the lacquer coat makes it really zing.

Hiya Ben, the car looks absolutely spectacular!!! More power to you sir😊😊😊

Yes yes yes dress the engine bay. We want to see it happen sir.

Looks amazing - great colour choice

It would be insane not to detail the engine bay. Great video as always. Looking forward to the next episode. 👌

Lovely colour Ben, I wasn’t sure but once you got the paint on you’ve definitely knocked it off, great job👍

Wow Ben Iove the colour of the Spitfire you do a amazing job best car you do so far can't wait to see the last one of the spitfire keep up the good work can't wait to see what you doing next 👍

Sweet color choice ! Cheers for the entertainment

That colour of green is class, looks great on the Spitfire. Great job Ben! 👏

Superb outcome Ben, there is a risk in painting over old layers, which is why everyone bangs on about bare metal resprays these days, but if you can't justify the cost in time of a total stripdown of the whole car and sending the shell to the blasting shop, then epoxy primer is a great way of sealing all those old layers and isolating your new paint. What you did there was wizardry, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. I do agree, that is the most stunning, rich, vibrant colour I've ever seen on a car mate. Wait until you get it out on a sunny summers day in June. Automotive porn. And no need to mop and polish. Wow.

I think the car looks great and no reactions i know how you must thought some point that you wished never had the idea but you can see the rewards in how it looks now because that's how i thought when i painted cars but for all problem's you can't beat the feeling of seeing what you have the Finished car i use to love it even though it was a pain in the arse at times.

Ben looks great pat on the back mate can't wait for next episode

Another comment and all that good stuff as you would say 🤣 looking awesome

I had a 1300 Spitfire MK4 for 7 years in the mid 80's , colour inca yellow NKT977M , it was a lovely car , the main thing that breaks on the Spitfires are the trunions , the centre bolt snaps , funny thing is fortunately they always seem to break on very low speed , like turning a corner .The Spitfire was originally a 1300 cc , I fitted a 1500 gold seal engine that was restored from Appleyard , in the seven years I had the car it had 3 engines & I eventually replaced the gearbox with the 1500 with overdrive , it's the only car I know inside out , I still have the spare ignition key with the triumph keyring , I still occasionally dream of the car every now & then , best car I ever had & it held the road really well despite the rear single leaf spring . I swapped the twin SU carbs for a single Strongburg , it worked really well & was far more economical .

Love your channel. And love the cars you cover. Greetings from Delaware

A lot of time and effort has gone into that I appreciate you sharing with us!! And what a nice job, it should look really good when it's finished.

Hey Ben, I totally think you should continue under the bonnet and do a cracking detail on this engine. You’ve done such an amazing job on it, would be a shame to not finish it off

Looks ace, that green is superb.. Coming from a non green car person! Its got a bit of "70's vibe so suits the Spitty! Nice job Ben ..

You should be damn proud Ben, thats beautiful 😍

Looks absolutely stunning Ben, love it

Considering you're not a paint sprayer and got no booth and heat lamps that's a cracking job ! Well done 👏 👍 Next time make a yemporary booth out of plastic spray floor with water and put a heat lamp in 👍 Again well done 👏 😉

Ben, you’ve smashed it mate. I bet this won’t be the last painted that colour!

Great paint job, That 2K stuff is lethal.

Definitely overhaul the engine bay. I just found your channel because I’m thinking of buying a spitfire. Great videos!

I had a brown spitfire in the 80s and used to do bodywork painted it red and thought it looked the dogs ! But I got to say the Peugeot metallic green really makes the spitfire look amazing

Firmly agree with the engine spruce up / detail / fixing - You've gone to a massive effort to paint it, it's stunning now. Be a bit of a shame if you didnt do the engine! Also - spent my saturday with the previous episode then this one on the big telly, absolutely brilliant watching :)

awesome Ben I like the colour it shows that in these days of instant gratification that a little (lot) of time spent doing a job is worth it in the end. so many other channels and especially tv shows make it look so easy. The "click & Collect" generation need to take note, there is no substitute for a bit of hard graft to achieve real self satisfaction. Go on why not finish the job detail the engine bay, you know you want to!

Great job! It looks really tasty! I'm enjoying the videos very much. Thanks!

Great video my mate used to paint old stuff and he told me he used an isolater when painting old cars with lots of different paint layers to stop reactions in the paint 👍Engine bay detail would be a great video love the long videos thats why I think this is the best car channel on youtube

Looks really good Ben , great job, well done mate , ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

absolutely loved this. as a diy painter was watching with interest. great content

Beautiful colour, good job sticking to it thru all the problems

Ben what an epic series,it’s official you are my favourite Viking

You’ve done a great job and the green is very nice

Beautiful colour I'm salivating I wont this car❤😊😊😊

Most definitely do an engine dress video. Beauty car. Look forward to more videos.

Well done on that paint job. Perfect colour choice!

Ah Ben I was really feeling your pain with the paint reactions. Been there got the t shirt. Wish I could of let you know about bar coat before you started. You have done a fantastic job 👌🏻🙂🙂🙂

Enjoying your work and great music choices.

So much work. Well done. Great colour

I hope you get plenty of views Ben and get the underbonnet done. Great paint job, that was a hell of a lot of work.👍

Yes, you must isolate the old paint from the new paint! The proxi is it indeed!

Yeah do the detailing . Don't even drive but love watching 😊

I know Lunar Grey is fashionable among the the P6'ers, but I'd love to see the 2000 done in that Green. And as you know, all the panels unbolt from the chassis, making your life easy!

Well done Ben fantastic job , beautiful colour

Great colour Ben it looks great and very unique

This evening's viewing sorted !! 😊👍