93EXCivic wrote: If it isn't rusty, it won't be hard to work on IMHO.
And that's really good, because you have to work on them A LOT.
93EXCivic wrote: If it isn't rusty, it won't be hard to work on IMHO.
And that's really good, because you have to work on them A LOT.
Dr. Hess wrote:93EXCivic wrote: If it isn't rusty, it won't be hard to work on IMHO.And that's really good, because you have to work on them A LOT.
Says the man with the Lotus. 
Seriously I think the Spitfire has to be the easiest car ever to work on.
He could do worse(Think VW)
He could do worse (Think Honda 600)
93EXCivic wrote:Dr. Hess wrote:Says the man with the Lotus.93EXCivic wrote: If it isn't rusty, it won't be hard to work on IMHO.And that's really good, because you have to work on them A LOT.
I'm gonna have to agree there. Really nothing is hard to get to, nothing is hard to change out or replace, and really the only thing that's kind of a pain is the rear suspension before you figure out the easy way to do it.....
I'll also note that I drove my GT6 for 3 years in high school and never once had any kind of breakdown. Then it sat in a field for 6 years. Then I drove it for 2 years in college with nary a problem. For all those years, I was a broke-ass student and didn't do much of any maintenance on them.
When things do go bad, they can be fixed pretty easily.
And when I go out driving the GT6, I get people at every stoplight complementing it, even with a rattle-can paintjob!
That said, a GT6 looks alot better than a Sptifire IMO....
I've put 20,000 miles on my TR6 since it's rebuild and only had the gearbox out once. That was basically my fault for not lining it up properly. It's just needed basic, regular service since then.
Of course, it wasn't always that reliable. When I first got it over 20 years ago, the clutch release bearing was sticking on its slide. Within 50 miles of fixing that, the thrust washer dropped out of the crank (same basic design as the Spitfire). That was what finally led to a complete tear down. That and the gaping rust holes.
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