Sitting for Years: 1976 Triumph Spitfire
The cheap Mustang we featured was a bit on the rusty side for my particular preferences, I’d rather not spend the next 18 months in my garage wearing a mask…oh…well…yeah…I guess that maybe it wouldn’t be much of a change. Anyway, I found something that isn’t quite as rusty, but is super cheap. Find this 1976 Triumph Spitfire offered for $1900 in Diamond Bar, CA via facemelta velveetabook.
From the seller:
1976 Triump spitfire
$1,900
Listed a day ago in Diamond Bar, CA
About This Vehicle
Driven 3,500 miles
Manual transmission
Exterior color: Red · Interior color: Black
Fuel type: Gasoline
This vehicle is paid off
Clean title
This vehicle has no significant damage or problems.
Seller’s Description
Selling the Spitfire. It has been sitting for years.Clean Title
Engine is good. It was running and driving. Just need a battery and a carburetor cleaning.Transmission is good, no grinding.
Make me an offer
CASH ONLY, NO TRADES
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Great car at a great price and almost all there. I’d pull the head just to check, sand and coat what’s left of the wood and patch up the interior and have a fun little toy. I love Spitfires ever since I totaled one at 14. I learned about swing axles and lifting off the gas in a turn that way. I felt almost as bad as the owner.
A swing axle hoop to limit how far the axle can drop is a lot cheaper.
I wouldn’t drive without it really.
Now that I think of it specific to a Spitfire, a Z-bar and if 76s don’t already have them, a camber compensator.
Axle hoops are like roll bars and seatbelts. They don’t prevent bad things from happening, they only keep bad things from becoming catastrophic.
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Hi, I am looking at an ’05 525i 4-door, always wanted to try one. I am not a mechanic, but the reviews suggest “stay away”. I am looking to replace my ’91 MB 190E 2.6. Very low mileage/price. Appreciate advice?
The comments above about the swing axles are basically irrelevant to this car. By 1976, triumph had added a “swing spring†to the rear end, which had made the rear end completely controllable and docile.
On an accurate side note, you can see at least one of the original wheels in the picture. 1976 was the only year spitfires came with slotted rims. They were left over from Austin marina production.