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Truly Fab detailed so many thanks

Excellent videos and helpful information, thanks

Is there a 5 speed transmission available for the MK3 ?

Please stop strolling around when talking. Its most distracting

What a stunner. I used to have Inca yellow S reg/1977 1500 Spitfire when i was a 20. Absolutely loved it. Some of the happiest days of my life. But I always wanted a MKIII GT6! I've been looking at prices of them for 6 months and looked at Hagerty RRPs. You mentioned £6 or £7K on this vid, Would that get me one that's able to be driven but will need £3-5K spending on it, to get it looking good and running well? Thanks a lot for your video. It's been interesting, fascinating, informative and above all very helpful. When I find one a decent one at the right price I'll join your FB group! Many thanks. Great video!!

Question. I have a Austin Healey that coughs when the it's not up to operating temperature while giving it some gas. Once it's up to temp, it might cough but normally does not. It's not a backfire. Any suggestions what to look for?

I'm struggling to set up the carb on my spitfire would love to see a video on how to adjust the mixtures. My engine idles around 1k, anything below that is rough. As I rev the engine it becomes smooth after 2.5k. However when I open the the throttle fully and close it the idle rpm keeps dropping until engine stalls.

I claim Bullshit ! Bought one new in a fit of naive foolishness . Sold it on within 2 months as It was Frankly; a CRAP car. Mediocre power and abysmal handling.

Thanks for your easy to understand classic wiring tutorial. It has inspired me to buy myself a gas soldering iron and have a go at some of the wiring on my Stag.

I wish the sound worked!

"They" can of course, but why compare these two? Now compare MGB and a TR4; a Spitfire and a MG Miget, but can't you get the sport car classes correct?

Hi great video, im thinking of buying a car that needs front cross member front valance and wings replacing as a 'novice' would you say that this is something that is relatively 'east to do' or something to avoid doing? cheers Darren

Hi, could you tell me the best way to get in contact with you please.. thank you Kevin

I prefer to crimp brass bullets and then solder - as long as the cable hasn't corroded to the point where soldering is almost impossible. Modern bullet sleeves tend to be made from plated steel and have a habit of corroding really quickly when attacked by salty water. In the past the sleeves were made from brass which lasted a lot longer. Vaseline will help keep the water out and slow the corrosion process down.

Just put a new loom in my spitfire, lots of gremlins in the new loom took me ages to work them out.

Yes to rear bulb fixes. Thanks

Nice work. My Dad was of a similar age to yours, and I'm roughly the same as you so echo the feet/inches/cm/mm comments. That said, Dad was an Auto Sparky, and I still struggle to understand electrickery! The black insulation tape brings back a lot of memories.

| hot air paint stripping gun works well on heat shrink.

I have a 17 year old Accord that’s better in every way.

The other two holes on the carb allow air in and out of the dash pot chamber. If the holes wernt there the dash pot would be operating with a presure differential and wouldnt want to move as freely. As you rev the engine and the piston in the dash pot moves up it needs to allow the air out of the dash pot. So as the piston lifts the air is expelled out and as the piston drops the air is drawn back in. It just keeps internal and external presures equal so that the desighned damping afect is achieved from the dash pot oil and spring.

What colour are your wheels , also what's involved with fitting mk3 servo ??

It still looked a smoother idle than my mgb , even when out of sync !

Please please I will swap u ... last nite at 2 am it was 29 deg and almost 80% humidity ,,my workshop at the moment is 43? and the humidity thing has broken Japan summertime BRUTAL love the workshop !

Completely agree with you, about a Capri looking much better, than any Mustang. We had the first Mk1's in South Africa ONLY. Of ALL Capris, I love the Mk1 Facelift, with the double headlights and larger taillights...

As Mk1 1973 Facelift owner with 2.8L engine I say this is dangerous car to drive, rear want to come to side. Shame that you can't fit wise tires inside stock arcs, and dont mention fucking fiberglass parts they are bullshit, you want to ligthten aluminum parts and carbonfiber bonnet and boot. Fiberglass cracks and is horrible to work, I would not use fiberglass anywhere else than rowboat.

I personally always preferred the look of the MK1 Capri’s with the boot

Did you go to the mk1 meet at the great British car journey yesterday ? (Sat)

I think it was John Fitzpatrick that said it was the worst handling race car he'd ever driven !!!

My very first car was a triumph GT6 Mk2 Always a smile while driving it.

I loved mine and was sad to let it go. It stared my life long obsession with British Classics

Brilliant video, my first "nice car" was a BRG Mark 3 I bought it from an American pilot who hardly ever used it and it was immaculate, I think I spent as much time just looking at it as driving it.

So it seems my stag is a mixture between M 1 and 2. It is from 72, so it should be a M 1, but he has Black stag badges on the back sides and one in the Grill. Also he has extra headrests. And he has chrome spoked wheels. So, for me it looks perfect. I love to ride it. By the way, very good and informational video. Wish you all good and safe rides all the time 👍

Great video. I just bought a 77 Spitfire, found this very useful. Thanks

Love the videos keep up the good work 👍🏻

Some interesting cars there, on the spitfire I agree with the choice of a new bonnet, you can’t be cutting and bodging bits off this car and that car, will soon come back through in a year or two, I hope you are going to rustproof the new bonnet maybe with some epoxy primer then some stone guard in the wheel arches 👍👍where are you In Yorkshire, I was in the body game 40 years ago before I moved to Mallorca to work on yachts 💪💪💪

Loving the Capri content 🥰... & to think, I'm stressing about changing the gear knob & steering wheel in my Mk3... 😂

I enjoyed you video 😀 by the way the nuts are BA not metric or whitworth 😀😀👍

NO way: one of the worst and utterly unstable sportster

I am enjoying watching you work on this project and look forward to seeing further progress. Back in the early 70's my sister purchased an Anglia for her University transport and I spent many happy hours dealing with the rot and various mechanical issues. At one point I painted the entire car using a product called Re-Paint which was a brush-on finish converting it from a faded orange to a trendy (at the time) beige.

This guy knows what he's talking about!

Top job fella 💪🏻

Brilliant and informative video, thank you. I have been doing up my '72 Mk3 GT6 gradually over the last 6 years and everything you say I can relate with. In particular the aluminium rocker cover, that used to catch and caused a small dent in my bonnet, I have now replaced with an original steel one which fits perfectly. The other issue I have is the bubbling of rust at the bottom of the tailgate as you mentioned. If you know where I can buy a replacement tailgate I would be very interested. Apart from that, I love the GT6.. the looks.. the noise. Over the years it has actually been very reliable. The straight 6 engine is a delight. If you are thinking of buying one... just do it!

Hey, guess what? I have a stag in my garage now. One head came off no problem, double nutted a treat. Other head is being a pain. Did get 3 out, 1 snapped and the other snapped after trying to weld a nut on. So Tomorrow's job is to make a bracket and try and use a jack to get it to move. Thanks for the video and wish me luck. I will feature the whole debacle on my channel sometime in the future. All the best, Mart. PS mic problems can be a pain can't they. I do all my filming on my phone now. Saves all the unreliable mic problems.

Nice job. If you hadn't said it was extended I wouldn't have known. So the aesthetics is spot on. Subbed ya.

My Dad had one in the 70s & he was following it around with fibreglass , wing mirrors etc etc , how the hell are they still in one piece nowww 🤪🥴😳

Why do you make the wheel arch longer?

Great attention to detail and process, so the end result is spot-on👍

... and good morning from sunny Essex. Always interested to see what's happening in sunny Retford, not just what you're doing but why you're doing it - it's always a good feeling to share knowledge and experience.

New to the channel, lovely job mate

I used to work weekends at a stag specialist. One thing you havent mentioned is that towards the end of Mk1 production, they did introduce some things which also appear on Mk 2s at the time we used to refer to K and L reg cars as Mk1 and a half. You are spot on with the door latches on the B posts, there was no cross over with later MK1s having MK2 B post latches. Mk1s generally had A type OD but some of the later MK1 has J type ODs. While I was there, we had a prototype stag I think it s reg number started PVC and it was G reg. The really interesting thing about it was that it had been changed at the factory to be left hand drive OR right hand drive so that it could be presented to the home market and overseas market after swapping dashboards, pedal boxes etc. It also didnt use the stag V8, it had the straight 6 with twin carbs. The weight of the straight 6 engine suited the stag and the engine dropped straight into the engine bay and onto the mountings. I always thought that if I every had any issues with that stag engine , I would drop a triumph 2500S engine into it since the engine bays are almost identical...and the prototype proves it. Original good stag difs were like hens teeth 30 years ago due to the vents blocking, the diff blowing it seals and losing its oil or the aluminium diff back plate bolted to the steel diff carrier and rotting holes in the back plate and the diff losing oil. Although the crown wheel of the stag diff is the same ratio as one of the other triumphs ( I dont recall which one it is) the stag crownwheel is different in that it is broader in order to handle more power. I always suspected that they had wanted to give the stag more power but couldnt because of its cooling issues so the up rated diff made no difference.You mentioned export cars MK1 headrests and side marker lights. The export front bumper brackets were also different in that they had a plate welded over the top of them to reinforce them. I built my stag up to Australian spec and it was a MK 1 so it had those special headrests, the rear marker lights and the bumper brackets. It also had very rare stainless steel caps which fitted on the front and rear top corners of the door cards held onto the doors using small philips head self tappers. And yes!! stag bonnets dont rot but boot lids do! Oh ! one other thing! some MK1 home and export cars had an additional pressed steel ribbed cross brace in the doors presumably for side impact protection.The MK1 light switch also has a fog lamp position on it which the MK2 doesnt have.