Seriously, who could he be looking for to buy this? It's already returned to earth. At this point it just needs to be turned into a really cool flower bed
Seriously, who could he be looking for to buy this? It's already returned to earth. At this point it just needs to be turned into a really cool flower bed
In reply to yupididit :
I've seen worse brought back. Even if the floor is gone you could build a dedicated tube frame and drop that over the top for bodywork. Miata suspension front and rear, LS.....
In reply to mblommel :
Miata floor too.
Heck, just buy a miata-kart for $500 and drape the body panels over... simple!
Maybe $300 for good glass and frame, good bumper. Most importantly, does it have a title for a VIN-ectomy?
Not for $300. I couldn't find the picture of a Triumph over a door (there is one) but you get the idea.
But, but, but... it's a southern car!
Actually, it's a miracle. Up to the floor pan in sand and it hasn't completely gone yet!
Easy one man's lawn art is now your lawn art. 
Cheaper than anything the missus would buy. 
If it has a title, lots of people.
My TR4 came out of the earth looking about like that. There's a fool for every village.
I'd pull that out of his backyard for $300.
And I'd be doing him a favor, that cheaply.
Were I looking to build a Challenge car out of a Spitfire, I could see that as a reasonable starting point.
"Ready for paint."
Who in their right mind would fly this?
Appleseed said:Who in their right mind would fly this?
Thunderbolt!
That aircraft has a lot more intrinsic value than any Triumph Spitfire ever had.
True. But aircraft restorations of this magnitude are terribly unforgiving of shadetree mechanics. If the Wildcat can be pulled off the slit under Lake Michigan after 50+ years and be made airworthy, the $300 Spitfire is peanuts in comparison. Let us not forget, there is always hope.
If you cut off the windshield and removed the hood that might make a neat planter/raised garden bed.
Appleseed said:True. But aircraft restorations of this magnitude are terribly unforgiving of shadetree mechanics. If the Wildcat can be pulled off the slit under Lake Michigan after 50+ years and be made airworthy, the $300 Spitfire is peanuts in comparison. Let us not forget, there is always hope.
True, but the big difference is it's not very hard at all to find a Spitfire car in running, driving condition. A WW2 carrier aircraft - not so much.
Cut it off where it sits, sell the hood and windshield to recoup some dough and use it for a race car bed
There's $300 in parts there. There's more value if it has a VIN and title. I'm $200 in so far toward getting a title for one of the Torinos I just bought. Probably another $200 to go.
In reply to Apis Mellifera :
I'm glad to hear you're titling the Cobra Jet.
Tim Suddard would restore it. Compared to the Elan, it’s mint.
Floating Doc said:Appleseed said:Who in their right mind would fly this?
Thunderbolt!
Floating Doc said:Appleseed said:Who in their right mind would fly this?
Thunderbolt!
Not a Thunderbolt.
Thunderbolt. See how the prop shaft isn’t centered in the cowl? That’s one of the tell tales.
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