By Ed Higginbotham
I'm going with "mostly terrible" at anything closer than 100' viewing distance.
This one’s interesting. What you see here is a 1964 Triumph Spitfire. According to the seller, “The body has been heavily modified—part aluminum, part steel, part fiberglass—to resemble a vintage race car.” In our book, no extreme bodywork is required to make a Spitfire look like a vintage race car, but to each their own. Underneath, it’s a 1964 Spitfire with a 1971 1300cc engine and single Stromberg carburetor. The seller is asking for $7999. So the question still stands. Is this thing cool or terrible?
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I'm going with "mostly terrible" at anything closer than 100' viewing distance.
While I appreciate the passion and (assumed) craftsmanship, I'm going to lean towards "mostly terrible". If he had reproduced the look of the first racing Spitfires, then it would be a "mostly cool".
Like these:
-Rob
A third for mostly terrible, but as always, styling is very subjective.
It looks like he was headed down the Macau car path with his build.
I'll clarify - I think the driver's faring is cool. The useless roll hoop is meh, but the recessed side-pipes is what pushes over the edge of "nope" for me.
I like the color.
I agree with T.J.
Bit too much.... every bit 
Here's another butchered Spitfire that was originally offered as an "unfinished customized Spitfire" for $1,000 a couple months ago. Apparently there was little interest so now it's being parted out:
"Double side pipes recessed into the body on both sides -- a feature I've never seen on any other Triumph."
And I hope never to see this feature again on a Triumph, either. It really doesn't work visually or mechanically. Still, it doesn't look too hard to remedy (particularly if it's not functional), and the rest of it is kind of interesting.
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