Who wants some Spitfires?

Okay, my therapist says I am ready to move on. In my ongoing effort to downsize a bit, I have a pole barn full of Spitfire stuff for sale. There is enough to build at least two 1500 Spitfires. There are at least three engines, rear ends, suspension assemblies etc. There is some cool race stuff too, including an Autopower roll bar, a twin Weber equipped JK, Jackson built, SCCA street prepared legal, high compression, 1976 engine that kicked ass a few years ago. One of the cars is the old 1980 GRM project car from the July 1992 issue. One is a recently found 1980 parts car. There is a real good hard top, a near perfect steel hood, a near perfect, non-rusty body and tons more. There is also at least $500 worth of new hydraulics and other parts. If I have to organize it, photograph it and sell it separately it will get expensive. If someone wants to come look at it, get it out of here, then $1995 OBO, cash or trade will get it done. PayPal and personal checks accepted.

PM sent.

My wife is VERY glad you are far away.

How many overdrive transmissions?

If I get this right, there are two cars and a rust free tub?

Is the JK Jackson engine the one in the project car?

So, how much is a Spitfire worth...?

Tim Suddard wrote: Okay, my therapist says I am ready to move on. In my ongoing effort to downsize a bit...

Two questions:

1) Who is the rapist?

2) Who are you and what have you done with Tim Suddard?

Rusted_Busted_Spit wrote: My wife is VERY glad you are far away.

Yours too, eh?

(shakes head, mumbles that the damn Jensenator's not finished yet)

Raze wrote:

Tim Suddard wrote: Okay, my therapist says I am ready to move on. In my ongoing effort to downsize a bit...

Two questions: 1) Who is the rapist? 2) Who are you and what have you done with Tim Suddard?

Not that kind of therapist. Tim tore his shoulder up. Re: Starting Line (column): "Benched", GRM Magazine, Volume 28, Number 7.

Can anybody post the article about the project car? Sounds cool!

The project was on the cover of the July 92 issue. There was three whole cars, but one frame and one body were rubbish so we cut them up and took them to the scrap yard. Son Tommy said he wanted to mess with this stuff, but lost interest with a summer job, a new girl friend and now school. I have to finish the Shelby and a Mini project next and realized that as much as I love Spitfire and would love to build my old project car back up, I have too much on my plate and we need to write about some other cars as well, so I am throwing in the towel. Recipient will get some stuff that came with the Group 44 GT6 as well.

And yes, I was still working on cars with a rotator cuff torn all the way through, and my doctor told me I was an idiot.

Okay, back out to the garage. The Shelby calls.

Tim Suddard wrote: Okay, back out to the garage. The Shelby calls.

Not unless you're just sitting in it making "vroom" noises like a kid. Heal up first, you dumb bastard. Otherwise, we won't have a magazine with pictures of the Publisher grinding on a crapcan Lincoln with power tools.

Gotta admit..pix like that, IMHO..are the reason the mag actually "got big" in the first place.

Tim Suddard wrote: The project was on the cover of the July 92 issue. There was three whole cars, but one frame and one body were rubbish so we cut them up and took them to the scrap yard. Son Tommy said he wanted to mess with this stuff, but lost interest with a summer job, a new girl friend and now school. I have to finish the Shelby and a Mini project next and realized that as much as I love Spitfire and would love to build my old project car back up, I have too much on my plate and we need to write about some other cars as well, so I am throwing in the towel. Recipient will get some stuff that came with the Group 44 GT6 as well. And yes, I was still working on cars with a rotator cuff torn all the way through, and my doctor told me I was an idiot. Okay, back out to the garage. The Shelby calls.

Tim Suddard wrote: The project was on the cover of the July 92 issue. There was three whole cars, but one frame and one body were rubbish so we cut them up and took them to the scrap yard. Son Tommy said he wanted to mess with this stuff, but lost interest with a summer job, a new girl friend and now school. I have to finish the Shelby and a Mini project next and realized that as much as I love Spitfire and would love to build my old project car back up, I have too much on my plate and we need to write about some other cars as well, so I am throwing in the towel. Recipient will get some stuff that came with the Group 44 GT6 as well. And yes, I was still working on cars with a rotator cuff torn all the way through, and my doctor told me I was an idiot. Okay, back out to the garage. The Shelby calls.

I was one year old at the time of the issue...

Dr. Hess wrote: So, how much is a Spitfire worth...?

About half the cost of the trasportation by my estimate.

Joshua wrote: Can anybody post the article about the project car? Sounds cool!

I can't post the article itself (any idea what desktop publishing software looked like in 1992? It's come a long way!) but I did scan the cover.

And then I looked at the table of contents and got sad. Damned clowns.

Is the 92 project car a runner or close to it?

Anyway you could post some pictures somwhere?

Damn. The Clown was in that issue too?!?

I was JUST gonna ask if that was Guido.

How many Fastest Clowns do YOU know?

Raze wrote:

Tim Suddard wrote: 1) Who is the rapist?

spitfirebill wrote: Is the 92 project car a runner or close to it? Anyway you could post some pictures somwhere?

It ran perfectly when we bought it back a few years ago, and it has been in covered storage since. The body is off the frame, though, so don't expect a driver...

Matt and I stripped one frame, which you can use. The red (project car) body is nearly flawless, with only one small dent in the rear quarter. You don't even need to paint it. There aren't any overdrive transmissions. There are upgraded shocks, springs (even a race rear leaf), and a limited slip diff. With a solid weekend of work you could have a drivable race car with zero additional parts.

It's only a few hundred feet from my room to the garage, so if anybody else has questions about what's in the "pile," as it's affectionately called by my mother, I'd be happy to answer them.

Just remember that every time I have to dig through it, the price could go up a little bit more....

Oh, son of a ...

Thought for sure it would be gone by now, so I could safely read the thread.

I've got the money, I've got the truck, I do not need more Spitfire junk!

And if I repeat that long enough, I just might believe it.

Hmm, that or I could go blow the money quickly on something else!

Foxtrapper

FYI... I understnd the JK Jackson motor is sold.

Tim Suddard wrote: ...And yes, I was still working on cars with a rotator cuff torn all the way through, and my doctor told me I was an idiot.

Your wife could have told you that for free.