Delivered
March 11, 2024
After a successful final road test, our 1978 Triumph Spitfire was loaded onto our trailer and delivered to lucky winner Barry Pendleton. Molly even made
1978 Triumph Spitfire
Spitfire Repairs
February 27, 2024
Jonn has been working on our 1978 Triumph Spitfire in preparation for it to be won very soon through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions. Here’s what
Carrying out repairs
February 26, 2024
Our technician Jon has been working on getting our 1978 Triumph Spitfire ready for its live draw tomorrow! After refiting the nearside door panel he
Inspection and repairs
February 23, 2024
Jonn has been looking at our 1978 Triumph Spitfire. His notes are below: Finish as much of the inspection as possible on the floor. Carry
A New Arrival
February 13, 2024
We have recently welcomed our 1978 Triumph Spitfire into the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions workshop. This will go on to be won through Bridge Classic
Delivered
March 11, 2024
After a successful final road test, our 1978 Triumph Spitfire was loaded onto our trailer and delivered to lucky winner Barry Pendleton.
Molly even made the trip to see the delivery in person!
Spitfire Repairs
February 27, 2024
Jonn has been working on our 1978 Triumph Spitfire in preparation for it to be won very soon through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
Here’s what Jonn did:
- Drain oil and filter
- Strip and fit new offside front wheel bearing
- Fit new oil filter and refit sump bung
- Fill with oil, run and test
- Check and top up oil
- Use electrical contact cleaner on the hazard switch and work back and forth until all working ok
- Adjust both mirrors
- Lube throttle and choke linkages
- Carry out tracking, check and adjust
Carrying out repairs
February 26, 2024
Our technician Jon has been working on getting our 1978 Triumph Spitfire ready for its live draw tomorrow! After refiting the nearside door panel he then continued with some work on the offside exterior door handle.
Jon fit the new striker screw to the catch mechanism and refit the handle under load from the striker. After securing and testing, the handle perfectly hits striker earlier and opens the door fine now. All that was left was to the refit door panel and tidy the area.
Afterwards, Jon then managed to finish the final inspection on our classic Spitfire. He then went on to strip, clean and inspect brakes all round. During the inspection, Jon discovered some wear makes on the rear brakes so deliped the rear drums and adjust rear shoes/handbrake. He could then move on and grease all points. Once all of the mechanical jobs were complete, he then wired in the switch to the map light and mount in the dash where he could then refit all the neccesary trims before removing the nearside door panel and attempting to adjust the window angle which required spacing out the runners at the bottom of the door with washers
Inspection and repairs
February 23, 2024
Jonn has been looking at our 1978 Triumph Spitfire. His notes are below:
Finish as much of the inspection as possible on the floor. Carry out repairs. Sort connections to nearside reverse lights. Remove offside door handle and inspect. Strip apart and clean components. Lubricate and reassemble and test. Works fine. Refit to drivers door and test. Still the same. When it has to release the pressure of the lock it slips past p clip inside handle. Requires new handle.
A New Arrival
February 13, 2024
We have recently welcomed our 1978 Triumph Spitfire into the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions workshop.
This will go on to be won through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions very soon.
