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FACTORY
(Spitfire)
 Dick
and Val Lloyd's 1964 Spitfire 4
 Jan
Sjoukens' 1967 Mk3
 Steve Horwood's 1968 Mk3
Stock with aluminum rad air "deflectors"
 Ben
Kacenas's 1970 Mk3
Stock with a GM Alternator and non-factory
paint.
 Phil
Hamm's 1973? Spitfire
Basically stock without emissions or stock
fuel pump.
 John
Goethert's 1976 Spitfire
Basically stock with all emissions except
air pump.
 A 1976 Spitfire (unknown owner)
As from the factory (except block paint) with all emissions including air pump.
 Jeff
Terrio's 1976 Spitfire
Stock with all emissions. Aftermarket electronic igniton (who doesn't).
 Vincent
Eweb's (French) 1977 Spitfire
Chromed bits throughout the engine bay. Oil
cooler added.
 Bill
Rupert's 1978 Spitfire
Stock with emissions components removed,
various parts repainted
 Mike
Paserchia's early 1979 Spitfire
Stock with emissions components removed
  Dick
Harling's 1980 Spitfire
As stock as they come; less than 400 kilometers.
  1980 Spitfire (unknown owner)
Another very stock 80. Some debate as if the valve cover is a factory color (in the last year many "standard" items coming from the factory were not standard)
SLIGHTLY
MODIFIED (Spitfire)
 Andy
Gascoigne's 1967 Mk3 Spitfire
Added new SU HS4 carbs with latter pedal and
linkage, electric fan
 Norbert
Schumann's 1969 Mk3 Spitfire
Lightened flywheel, pistons, rods. Larger
inlet valves with polished ports, Kent TH2
camshaft, 4-2-1 header and dual Webers
 Jean
Petermann's 1974
Spitfire
1300cc, 115 horsepower, dual Weber's, header,
electric fuel pump. Overdrive, Spax Shock
Absorbers/Springs, Rollbar, fiberglass bonnet
and boot lid
 Dave
Hale's 1975
Spitfire
Weber DGV, 4-1 header, custom radiator
shrouds
 Craig
Hillyer 1976 Spitfire
Crane Cams electric ignition, Accell 8mm
plug wires, Bosch platinum +4 plugs. Port,
polished and milled the head.Compression ratio
is up to about 10.2:1
  Alan
Lemen, 1976 Spitfire
Stainless Steel header & exhaust (from
Rimmer) and European Twin SU HS4 upgrade
 Terry
Thompson's 1976 1500
 Bill
Hall's 1978 Spitfire
Added Weber DGV, 9:5 to 1 pistons, heavy
duty clutch, GT6 rearend
 Hal
Upshall's 1978 Spitfire
Added Weber DGV
 Malcom
Branch's 1979 Spitfire
Added Weber DGV carb, oil cooler and "power
horns"
 Julian
Saul's 1979 Spitfire
Converted to European Specs.
 Bruce
Barclay's 1980 Spitfire
Mild street cam, twin SU's, higher compression
pistons, a mild porting job and so on.
HIGHLY
MODIFIED (Spitfire)
 Jari
Tabell's 1964 Racing Spitfire
Weber DCOE's and header
 Bob Totten's 1964 Spitfire GT
 Kirk Lockwood, USA 1966 MK2
 Mikael
Schultz, Sweden 1966 MK2
 Jeff
McNeal's 1967 Mk3 Spitfire
Larger valves, hardened seats, .20 over
pistons, ARP head and conrod bolts, ported and
flowed head, compression ratio 9.3:1, lightened
flywheel, Pertronix coil and ignition, dual
valve springs, fast road cam, Keihin quad carbs
with custom billet intake manifolds, ceramic
coated stainless steel 4-2-1 headers, chrome
valve cover and cable throttle conversion.
(website)
 Nigel Roberts' 1971 Spitfire
PRI stage 1 engine rebuild, balance, port and polished head and, petronix ignition. Plus 4 khien carbs, tuned exhaust, kent rally cam, plus other numerous performance and drivability upgrades.
 Rick's 1972 Spitfire
PRI quad carbs, 4-2-1 headers
 Chris
EcElvain's 1973 Spitfire
Weber DCOE's and header
 Jean
Petermann's 1974 MkIV Spitfire
1300cc, 115 Hp, Weber DCOE's, K&N's,
header
 Jermeny
McGinnis's 1976 Spitfire
Quad Keihin carbs from PRI.
 Bob
Harris' 1976 1500
1976 1500 with milled head, .050" TR6 pistons,
quad kiehins, tri Y header, decked block,
lightened flywheel, lightened and balanced
internals.
 Laura Gharazeddine's 1977 Spitfire
Weber DCOE Carb and headers.
 Paul
Geithner's 1978 Spitfire 514cc (0.020" over), align bored and balanced, 9.6:1 compression, modified "big valve" head (218139), "B" cam (0.409" max valve lift, 280 degree duration), 3-angle valve grind, V.549 dual valve springs, Megajolt+Ford EDIS distributorless ignition, twin HS4 carbs, Maniflow 4-2-1 header and custom exhaust, GM 7127-9 alternator. (website)
 Jim
Gray's 1979 1500
PRI "STAGE 1" engine with a STAGE 2 CAM,
10:1 compression, lightened fly wheel and Quad
Keihin carbs.
 Ben
Bacon's 1980 Spit6
GT6 engine with triple Dellorto carbs and
cool Union Jack valve cover.
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STOCK
(GT6)
 Andre
Rousseau's 1968 Mk1 GT6
 Dan
Stewart's 1970 GT6
 Sue
and Dave Snyder's 1972 GT6
 ?'s
GT6
SLIGHTLY
MODIFIED (GT6)
 Malcom
Bird's 1972 Mk3 GT6
Increased compression ratio to approx 9.7:1
(it's bored out 0.030), installed an S2 cam and
a Monza exhaust. Great color scheme!
 Andrew
Stark's 1972 Mk3 GT6
Triumphtune headers, early heavy valve springs,
electronic ignition, electric fuel pump and
replaced engine fan with electric.
 Ben
Bacon's 1980 Spit6
GT6 engine with triple Dellorto carbs and
cool Union Jack valve cover.
HIGHLY
MODIFIED (GT6)
 Drew
Brown's 1968 GT6
2.0 liter, forged pistons, 11:1 comp, custom
cam, MSD with Crane ignition, custom crank fluid
damper, custom headers, etc.
Mark Loucks, New York, 19?? Mk I GT6
Al Filleuleng, Manitoba, Canada, 1970 Mk I GT6
PRI Keihin big bore carb kit, S2 cam, flowed head, roller rockers, electric fuel pump with pressure regulator and pressure guage, TR6 double cam/crank sprocket, Toyota 4x4 4-piston calipers and steel braided brake lines.
 Racing
GT6 of unknown ownership
 Andrew Stark's 1972 Mk3 GT6
Triple DCOE Webers, larger radiator, oil cooler, Triumphtune headers, electronic ignition, electric fuel pump added along with many upgrades.
Joel Stein, Florida, 1973 Mk III GT6
TR6 fuel injected engine with Motec engine management.
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