It's remarkable how many more TR5s there are now than were originally built. There was one in my neck of the woods, advertised as a TR5, which clearly started life as a TR250...

US Cars. Inspected recently a Spitfire MK1. Restored in US. A flat sheet metal was seam welded  between chassis rail and sill. On Both sides . Room between floor and sheet metal filled with foam.

You dont happen to have a lightweight mk4 BSO in there do you?

All that work and he chops it up ….  Do unto them as they would do unto you without a second thought 

Full body swerve on what seems like a bit of a sows ear Nick. Time wasters. And the MOT nonsense does occasionally concern me. I always get mine tested but when you see the crap and the crappy attitude that goes with it... Meanwhile here in Weegie... A dry day with what little breeze there was blowing to the neighbours that 'don't give a f..k' about anyone. Time to make a little space and reduce the stock of BSOs (bonnet shaped objects) around the garage. First up was the old and bashed blue GRP bonnet. Chopped up with a cutting disc in the angle grinder into pieces small enough to go into a bin bag. Or actually two bin bags. Then time to tackle the now redundant - and eye wateringly heavy - pattern for the final mould. Even without things like inner wings, etc this was a much more significant task and I needed five bags to fit everything in. Mind you it was very much stiffer and more solid. First cut across the full width. Shows the balsa core and just how much filler was needed in places to get the shape resolved And then quite a bit of cleaning up required

Quite!

Mr Jones senior doesn’t need another major project just now. Also, I really didn’t fit in that TR6. Seat was all the way back on the runners, but not enough for my legs. Odd. I’ve driven a TR6 with original seats before and don’t recall it being as cramped. Possibly a result of the bodgery inflicted on the floors….

Funnily enough, when I was looking to buy a convertible back in 2014 a TR6 was first on the list. But window shopping found I much preferred the curvy styling of the early Spitfires, and vey much preferred the prices! So here I am with two roundtail Spits and no regrets.

This….. he’d like a TR6 but all the ones worth owning are well over his budget…..

Is this as an alternative to the Mk3 Spitfire or another Triumph project for Mr Jones senior? Ian