Well, it was a busy weekend. I took Friday off to start painting the Spitfire. I was out taping the car by 7:30 am; wipe down and had primer on by 11, sanding by 2, seam sealer by 5; wait an hour and another wipe down, and finally by 6:30 I was shooting paint. I guess there were a couple spots that I didn’t get clean enough because I had a few fish eyes.

Also, around 4 the bonnet came back from the media blaster (he picked it up the day before). So by the time I got a coat of primer on the bonnet, cleaned up, it was 10 pm. A quick bit to eat and I was off to bed. There was a reason for this madness.

Saturday I was out of the house by 5 am, riding in the passenger seat of a 28’ tilt-load on a 3 hour drive to pick up two TR7s. A friend pulled in a big favour at work to get the truck for the day. By 3 pm the drive was filled with my 73 MGBGT, a 76 TR7 parts car and the 77 TR7 restoration project.

The reason we bought the two is because the 77’s body is in great condition; only rust is in the trunk and an inner fender. It has been stripped of paint so it was easy to see the shape of the sills, floors and fenders. The downside of the car is that the transmission tunnel has been cut to make room for a Firebird V6 and auto transmission (now for sale). So the parts car will donate an engine, transmission and pieces of it’s transmission tunnel plus more I’m sure.

So my Spitfire restoration is down to the bonnet; can’t wait to have this completed.