Spitfirers,
Speedvision had a show with the above mentioned title, on their "History of
Autocross" of what I seem to remember was a
1964 race at LeMans in which Standard Triumph unveiled the Spitfire coupe.
3 of them raced and only one finished (one I believe was taken out/wrecked
by an american driven vehicle).
They kept refering to the car as a Spitfire, but it had a GT6 hard-top
body. My question is, were they curtailing the name of the car (dropping
the GT6) or were they actually 4 cylinder engines in the GT6 body? I also
recollect that they stated the "Spitfire" that finished averaged around 90+
km per hour during the 24 hour race.
Just curious,
Terry L. Thompson
'76 Spit 1500
Maryland
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