So I've got a Spitfire. It's in the garage. The driveway is still clean.
Then I bought another one in better shape. This relegates the first one as a donor car and the second one goes into the garage. Well, now we have the donor car around behind the house. The driveway still looks okay. Nobody knows there are Triumphs lurking.
Now I have a spare chassis and bonnet that came with the second car. I'm running out of room. That one is in the driveway with a silver tarp bundled around it. It actually doesn't look bad. It's packaged up nicely. But it's out there. One auto chassis and bonnet in the driveway.
A friend wanted a Spitfire after seeing mine. I tried to convince him not to get it. I really did. But eventually he picked up a 1980 brown 1500. It ran well, but needs brake work. This weekend he brought it over and we put it up on jackstands and bled the brakes. Did the clutch hydraulics too. Turns out the brake master cylinder needs replacement or a rebuild. Okay, that won't be hard but I didn't have the parts handy. We also messed with the O/D wiring that was all buggered up. Put it all back together and.... ....nothing. It is stuck in gear. This may require removing the transmission to just inspect it since we can't get into the case far enough to determine if the shifting fork is damaged. What it does mean is that we pushed it out into the driveway so he can get it towed back home. It might be a few days though.
I now have another Triumph in the driveway. This makes a total of four Spitfire chassis and bodies on the property. The neighbors all know I have one. I run the air compressor and use air tools to pull tires off, work on the engine and chassis, etc. I have a radio playing on the AM side weakly through the air. I have my pickup truck support vehicle for towing cars. The neighborhood kids poke their heads in the garage looking at the really old "Miatas".
I have become that guy down the street.
I love it.
