Daniel:
Couple of considerations.
Spitfires are great little cars, but you may prefer to find one that is not
younger than a '74, because after about that year, the cars get bogged down
w/pollution control, and acquire some cosmetic changes you may not like.
>From the sound of it, I think you're in the right price range on this car,
though the owner may not want to go lower than $500. Not all Spitfire
engines are dirty -- actually, I think the opposite is true, because there
is such good engine bay access, it's easy to keep them clean.
If I were buying a Spitfire again, I'd get either a Mark 1 or 2 that had
been adequately restored, or a 72-74 model ... just my preference. But you
should consider buying the best car you can afford, because it doesn't cost
much more to restore a TR6, for example, than it does a Spitfire, but the
market resale price of Spitfires doesn't usually exceed $5-thousand. And
you can spend $5K restoring a car in a heartbeat.
===
Martin Secrest
73 GT6 (driver)
72 TR6 (weekender)
Arlington, VA
"I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity." - George W. Bush
> I've decided that I want to own a Spitfire. I've located one, and I'd
like to
> know roughly what it's worth.
>
> It's a 1978-1980 (owner isn't sure, and can't find the title right now)
1500.
> It runs, and drives, but the paint and interior are quite bad. Rust is
> minimal, but the paint is faded, cracked, and peeling. The seats are
really
> ratty. It needs tires, and it could really use a new top. The odometer
says
> ~80,000, but I have know idea if it's got 80,000 or x80,000, because it's
just
> got 5 digits. The motor seems ok, but it's really dirty (my spitfire
owning
> friend says that they're all like that, so I guess that isn't a problem).
>
>
> I was guessing $300-500, but I have no idea what they're really worth.
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