I like the washer bottle mod on that blue car! LHD only unfortunately

Wot Nick says. Not a fan of big scoops and chrome 'jewelry'. Visual mods nicely done and restrained so that they almost don't show at a first glance. And for me I prefer exterior mods to be more or less in keeping with the period of the car. And especially cars to be used.

Looks very nice, is it the 4 or the 5 speed (or even an auto)? Every now and again I find myself looking at them, I feel like the styling has really grown on me in the last few years, previously they didn't interest me much at all...

No. Not for the Mk1 anyway.

Yes, that’s nicely done and reasonably subtle appearance wise. I like a “sleeper” best. Would like to see what he did with the rear suspension.  345bhp is probably more than needed in a Spitfire…… for road use anyway. No purists here I don’t think and tendency to function over form. Rat-look / patina is fine so long as it works. Cars to use rather than show. A run down the “Members Cars and Projects Threads”section shows the majority to be modified to some extent.  

When my father sold the family home near Crewe in the late '60s and we moved to Anglesey, he comprehensively - nay compulsively - stripped the house. Light fittings, kitchen cupboards, fitted carpets, plants from the garden... all fair game. Years later, I discovered that he'd struggled to sell the house and the purchaser had given him a thorough rinsing on the price, so he felt inclined to leave nothing that wasn't nailed down (and not much that was). Not quite scorched earth, but a reasonably convincing simulation. Then in the mid-90s, I was working in Berlin on the conversion of the 1936 Olympic Village, which the Russians had used a military barracks post-war. When they (involuntarily) left in 1994, they stripped the houses bare - not a wire, roof joist or paving slab was left behind. I lived close to the main east-bound railway line, and used to see the distinctive Russian corrugated metal carriages heading home, bulging with booty from every window.

^^^ What he says  On the wheel shake, consider that if the car has spent months/years sat around, some or all of the tyres may be mis-shapen. If not that old they sometimes recover (at least partially) with use, though higher ambient temperatures are helpful with this!

Targa type ?

If you are lucky it’s a wheel weight come off or even a wheel not quite centred (always nip the nuts up diagonally while the weight is still off). However…… propshafts on these are awfully fussy so it’s perfectly possible (unfortunately) to upset one by changing a UJ. To minimise the chances of disappointment  - Mark the flanges before removing and refit as they came off. - Likewise the trunnion flanges. - Both axes of the UJ need to be free-moving (drop under their own weight). - Also free from axial play. 

When my father bought his current place in 1985, the vendors left light fittings, carpets and curtains, but took odd things like towel rails and bog roll holders. Also, most weirdly, they scraped up every living thing in the back garden including the grass and piled it in a heap.  I suspect there was a back story to this that I’ve never managed to prise out of him. All he will say is that the vendors were “very odd”. That was vehemently confirmed by the neighbours!