frankiethebear2002

Thanks all. Like I said, just testing the water as I may be retiring shortly and need to find something to keep busy. Always liked Spitfires and although I'm new to the prospect of owning a vintage or classic car, my father in law has a 1955 Prefect 100e and a rover 2000 p6, so there is some experience in the family. My main problem will be space as we only have a driveway, so space would be needed. We live in Dundee and there are plenty farms/barns around the area. Just need to find a friendly farmer. I still have mountains of research to scale in the meantime though with the question of a straight or v6 is academic for the time being, I was letting my imagination go a bit loopy. I've just bought a used Haynes manual to do a bit of background in the meantime. £4.95 well spent, I hope. I'm currently focussing my searches in Scotland as It gives me the opportunity to travel not too far and to give any prospective purchase a good look over. Ideally, I'd like to modernise the car while still keeping close to the sprit of what the car is and what it was intended to be, but technology moves on and upgrades to the suspension, braking and steering etc would be definitely on the cards, depending on the cost. I'll be on here now and again until I find something that I want then will rapidly become a pain in the bum with all my questions! Thank you all again for the information and I'll be back soon. Frankie

Hi folks, just dipping my toes into the water with this. I'm asking for the main cons to watch out for when buying on older car such as a spitfire. Maintenance looks straightforward enough. Mk is pretty irrelevant, as long as it runs and doesn't need too much to get back to scratch. Also, the 1500 always sounded a bit underpowered, so may well look at a swap, perhaps a 2000/2500 tc. Open to any thoughts, suggestions and advice. Thanks Frankie