The Triumph Spitfire is a small British two-seater sports car. The vehicle was based on a design produced by Standard-Triumph in 1957 by Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti.
The Spitfire was manufactured in Coventry at the Standard-Triumph factory in Canley.
The body was mounted on a separate structural chassis, but for the open-top Spitfire convertible, the rigidity of the backbone chassis was increased by the use of structural components in the body, with the trailing arms being bolted to the body rather than the chassis.
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components in the body, with the rear trailing arms being bolted to the body rather than the chassis.
Maker: Triumph
Model: Spitfire MKIII
Year: 1971
Color: White
Car undergoing final restoration.
The Spitfire was supplied with a manual hood for weather protection, the design improved to a folding hood for later models.
The Mark III, introduced in March 1967, was the Spitfire’s first major facelift. The front bumper was raised in response to new crash regulations, as were the slightly raised front springs.
The rear lost the bumper bumpers but gained reversing lights as standard (initially with two separate lights on either side of the license plate, later as a single light in a new unit above the license plate); the interior was improved again with a wood veneer instrument trim and a smaller, 15-inch, wired steering wheel. A folding hood replaced the previous “build it yourself” arrangement. For most of the Mark III range, right- and left-hand drive versions .