My Late dad had a Spitfire exactly like this.He passed away in 2019. The car has been stood in the garage for at least 10 years. We needed to move it to another garage recently, and had the exact same problem. Both Clutch and Brake Pedals are seized solid. I don't know yet what the fate of dads car will be just yet.Its now sitting quietly in another Lockup garage. Great to watch you do this on this Spitfire.
My favourite Triumph is the 13/60 Herald or the 2 litre Vitesse, also I am a big big fan of Dolomites. I will tell you the woeful tale of my nut and bolt restored burgundy 1850HL, top to bottom nothing was neglected and it was estimated up to its demise had several hundred wax layers of hard shell waxes atop it and a very fancy handmade vinyl roof with matching burgundy stitching and a nice nice set of highly polished Sprint wheels and stitched rear pillar covers. Inside nothing was forgotten, reupholstered beige seats fore and aft, a NOS deep beige carpet set, heck even the womble nose was NOS and I hand finished all the door cappings with a stained walnut lacquer varnish and the dash wood panels finishing off with a Sprint steering wheel, I fitted a Webasto to her. I had a mate in south London rebuild my 1850cc engine and a chap in Southampton I traded my existing box for a freshly recon one, alloy rad, polished SU's... Well younger brother says to I, "can I borrow your motor as me bird needs to go to somewhere in East London?" and I was like OK but treat her well... Well, he got a puncture on the approach to Blackwall tunnel on the Kidbrooke side, so he whams out my 3t hydraulic jack I ran with out the boot sticks it under the car and hoists her up pretty high, does the business with a wheel change and motors on. Brings it back explaining about the spare, so sorted a new one, stuck the original Sprint alloy back on and motored off and it had gone from a Scalextric on rails Triumph to wobbling all over the show so I wandered over to me mate in Bermondsey who had his garage and I left him to put it on the lift and I wandered to get a Dalton's Weekly and some smokes from a nearby shop. When I returned he barred my way, saying you are going to go beswick... So with trepidation I wanders in with him under the lift and well it was carnage, my brother had jacked it up by the passenger footwell and had pulled virtually every chassis weld on the passenger side. The "mushroom" in the footwell was level with the passenger front seat and the reason it was like a shopping trolley on ice was much of the mountings had distorted... I got insane quotes because of its needing to be jigged and I just didn't have the money so with a heavy heart chopped it in for a 2 litre Triumph TR7. I did have three more Triumphs after that, where I was running my very profitable 2nd hand car business over in West Howe in Bournemouth I had a 1500TC Dolomite in choco brown, a 2.5S burgundy saloon 2000 and a MK1 estate 2000 oh wait there was my H reg 13/60 which was an insane motor like flying a plane than driving a car.
Love it! Had one in the 70’s. That dreadful swinging arm suspension tried to decapitate me by putting the car upside down in a hedge - bad combination of circumstances that thankfully didn’t end up as the attending Traffic Officer had feared on his approach to the scene !!😮 Secret was , I grabbed the gearstick and pulled my upper body and head onto the passenger seat, and the windscreen frame collapsed and pinned me down (up ?) Happy days😊
The spitfire has been one of my fave card since the 1960's. I have wanted only two cars in my life and have never ha either of them. The spitfire and Jag mk 10.
Brilliant.takes me back when I had a mk3 1968 in mid 70s.my first car after my mrs mini at the time used to pass driving test.hope there a lot more on this and others…great keep them coming😊
Sorry but I had a sudden mental image of you boarding the ferry with Mr Fudge in the back of the van wearing his one man band kit and doing the channel music...
Awesome work man 👏wee thing didn't put up much of a fight after you revived the clutch cylinder 😁 bet owner was happy when you dropped it off running and driving 😎
I would love a sprinter 2.7 5 cylinder Luton van for such purposes… so much better than my transporter trailer arrangement at the moment….. straight to eBay!!
Our Mr6d missed a trick getting the British mini Ferrari going then driving it back to Blighty triumphantly victoriously well basically sweating on English reliability 🇬🇧🤣
If i didn’t have two vehicles out here I would have been well up for it !! I did buy a 1932 morris minor out here a few years ago and drive it 150kms home at a max speed of 50kms an hour !! 👍
My Late dad had a Spitfire exactly like this.He passed away in 2019. The car has been stood in the garage for at least 10 years. We needed to move it to another garage recently, and had the exact same problem. Both Clutch and Brake Pedals are seized solid. I don't know yet what the fate of dads car will be just yet.Its now sitting quietly in another Lockup garage. Great to watch you do this on this Spitfire.
My favourite Triumph is the 13/60 Herald or the 2 litre Vitesse, also I am a big big fan of Dolomites. I will tell you the woeful tale of my nut and bolt restored burgundy 1850HL, top to bottom nothing was neglected and it was estimated up to its demise had several hundred wax layers of hard shell waxes atop it and a very fancy handmade vinyl roof with matching burgundy stitching and a nice nice set of highly polished Sprint wheels and stitched rear pillar covers. Inside nothing was forgotten, reupholstered beige seats fore and aft, a NOS deep beige carpet set, heck even the womble nose was NOS and I hand finished all the door cappings with a stained walnut lacquer varnish and the dash wood panels finishing off with a Sprint steering wheel, I fitted a Webasto to her. I had a mate in south London rebuild my 1850cc engine and a chap in Southampton I traded my existing box for a freshly recon one, alloy rad, polished SU's... Well younger brother says to I, "can I borrow your motor as me bird needs to go to somewhere in East London?" and I was like OK but treat her well... Well, he got a puncture on the approach to Blackwall tunnel on the Kidbrooke side, so he whams out my 3t hydraulic jack I ran with out the boot sticks it under the car and hoists her up pretty high, does the business with a wheel change and motors on. Brings it back explaining about the spare, so sorted a new one, stuck the original Sprint alloy back on and motored off and it had gone from a Scalextric on rails Triumph to wobbling all over the show so I wandered over to me mate in Bermondsey who had his garage and I left him to put it on the lift and I wandered to get a Dalton's Weekly and some smokes from a nearby shop. When I returned he barred my way, saying you are going to go beswick... So with trepidation I wanders in with him under the lift and well it was carnage, my brother had jacked it up by the passenger footwell and had pulled virtually every chassis weld on the passenger side. The "mushroom" in the footwell was level with the passenger front seat and the reason it was like a shopping trolley on ice was much of the mountings had distorted... I got insane quotes because of its needing to be jigged and I just didn't have the money so with a heavy heart chopped it in for a 2 litre Triumph TR7. I did have three more Triumphs after that, where I was running my very profitable 2nd hand car business over in West Howe in Bournemouth I had a 1500TC Dolomite in choco brown, a 2.5S burgundy saloon 2000 and a MK1 estate 2000 oh wait there was my H reg 13/60 which was an insane motor like flying a plane than driving a car.
Distinct lack of spiderage! Glad you got the old girl running.
Watching again. Great video.. showing my age 😂. Well done Al 😊
I've been following for over a month and I love your Chanel, keep up the good work.
Cheers fella 👍
Love it! Had one in the 70’s. That dreadful swinging arm suspension tried to decapitate me by putting the car upside down in a hedge - bad combination of circumstances that thankfully didn’t end up as the attending Traffic Officer had feared on his approach to the scene !!😮 Secret was , I grabbed the gearstick and pulled my upper body and head onto the passenger seat, and the windscreen frame collapsed and pinned me down (up ?) Happy days😊
Good effort fixing the clutch, getting it started and moving it, looking forward to the next video.
Excellent..Brings back memories of a GT6 i had yester year....
poney fanticy box lol You cracked me up trying to keepa straight face lol.
Just another ace video Al! Really enjoy your stuff 👍
Brilliant video thanks 👋
The spitfire has been one of my fave card since the 1960's. I have wanted only two cars in my life and have never ha either of them. The spitfire and Jag mk 10.
Classy wee jam jar 🏺
Looks like a beautiful french village, very nice 👍🇬🇧👍🇬🇧
Brilliant.takes me back when I had a mk3 1968 in mid 70s.my first car after my mrs mini at the time used to pass driving test.hope there a lot more on this and others…great keep them coming😊
love ur videos good content and funny got to love it
My wife had a white one in the 1970’s before we met. Nothing but trouble. Rust in Pieces.
You are a Top Bloke, and you crack me up| keep up the good work
That`s the first time I`ve heard of a hydraulic clutch sticking "out", usually it`s the other way about.
What a beautiful car 🚗
you clever bunny , great vid
great vid! looking forward to the next!
Excellent.
Great video, already looking forward to the next one 👌👍
Sorry but I had a sudden mental image of you boarding the ferry with Mr Fudge in the back of the van wearing his one man band kit and doing the channel music...
Awesome work man 👏wee thing didn't put up much of a fight after you revived the clutch cylinder 😁 bet owner was happy when you dropped it off running and driving 😎
Great video, these are on my bucket list to have one day. I absolutely adore the styling of them. Nice to see it being repatriated as well 😊
Good stuff pal.
thats a MK4 ,my mum had the MK3 in the 70s which was a much rounder rear end
Pony fantasy 🤣🤣🤣 excellent stuff
Great cars
Great video lad👍
Top Bloke.👍😂
Nice one pal nice to see the spitfire running she sounds sweet those wheels look horrible on it set of minilites would suit it 👍
Looks like it was warmer in France than it is here! 👍👍
Only during the day , minus 5 at night 👍
I would love a sprinter 2.7 5 cylinder Luton van for such purposes… so much better than my transporter trailer arrangement at the moment….. straight to eBay!!
I’d by the 2.2 fella 2.7 great but the fuel economy not so , 2.2 much better on juice 👍
Our Mr6d missed a trick getting the British mini Ferrari going then driving it back to Blighty triumphantly victoriously well basically sweating on English reliability 🇬🇧🤣
If i didn’t have two vehicles out here I would have been well up for it !! I did buy a 1932 morris minor out here a few years ago and drive it 150kms home at a max speed of 50kms an hour !! 👍
Gud vid
Landscape
Pony fantasy 🤣🤣🤣 excellent stuff