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Triumph Spitfire Mk III

1970 · Manual · Red

£9,800

Listed today at The Motor Shed, Bicester. Last checked today.

Key facts

Year: 1970
Gearbox: Manual
Fuel: Petrol
Drive: RWD
Body: Convertible
Colour: Red
Doors: 2
Generation: Mk III

About this car

This 1970 Triumph Spitfire Mk III has been modified well beyond factory specification. The rebuilt engine breathes through period twin 40 DCOE Weber carburettors and a fast-road camshaft, and the dealer notes it has not yet been fully run in. A manual gearbox with overdrive is fitted.

The chassis changes are as period as the engine work: the rear suspension has been converted to the GT6's Rotoflex layout, and the cabin has GT6 seats, an Astrali steering wheel, a roll hoop and a push-button starter.

Recent work includes new rear doughnuts, re-bushed lower trunnions, fuel pipes, a brake master cylinder, a complete clutch, front discs and calipers, a windscreen seal and tyres all round. It has a fresh MOT and comes with a factory steel hard top as well as a soft top and frame. The dealer describes it as very sound but scruffy, so it suits a buyer who wants a fast-road Spitfire rather than a concours car.

Written by Vertar from The Motor Shed’s listing. Check the details with the dealer before you buy.

Performance

The maker’s official figures for this model, not measurements of this car (Standard-Triumph period specification (1296cc twin-SU, 75 bhp gross at 6,000 rpm, UK market). Weight, top speed and acceleration left blank because the figures commonly quoted come from magazine road tests, not factory data.).

Power: 75 bhp
Engine: 1,296 cc, 4 cylinders
Engine position: Front-engined
Induction: Naturally aspirated