He summed that all up nicely, but keep in mind there are those of us (or at
least me) that like the rubber bumpers and 1500 engine and the single Zenith
carb (speaking of zenith) that you don't have to adjust, really. :-) But
unfortunately, they aren't the best valued cars in the spridget world, and
certainly are not considered the "zenith" midget by most except hard headed
folks like me. The 1500 really looks nice with those dual SUs though.
adrian,
going to sneak and turn down the office thermostat when nobody is looking
> A full model later is the spifidget, a midget with a Triumph Spitfire 1500
> cc engine and big rubber bumpers. Many despise this model. The bumpers add
> lots of weight at the wrong places, the ride height is higher, both
> contributing to supposedly poorer handling, and the 1500 has a week bottom
> end relative to the 1275. The switch to the 1500 was a ploy to overcome the
> smog controls that were choking the 1275. They came with horrid
> Zenith-Stromberg carbs. I've heard that the home market (English) versions
> retained the dual SU carbs and had little smog stuff and hence were
> relatively great performers. Many seem to forget this when they are
> denegrating this model. I'd like to hear more from our British spitfidget
> owners about this.
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http://user.icx.net/~adrian/
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