Okay, so I have been planning this project for many years and am finally getting started on it. After building my Thunderbird Turbocoupe Spitfire Challenge car, I have wanted to build a street version for a long time. Two years ago, I found a 1972 Spitfire MK4 that had sat in a garage for 37 years and knew this was going to be the basis of my street car. Right after finding the Spitfire, I found a kit on ebay where someone had chased down all the parts to put a GT6 Rotoflex rear suspension into a Spitfire but adding a Subie R160 Diff with LSD and MGF bearings and axles with CV joints to replace the Rotoflex "donuts" So basically now I had a solid Spitfire body and a strong rear axle solution that did not require cutting or modifying the bodyshell (unlike my challenge car project).

So after selling my challenge car this weekend, the decision has been made to create a "rat rod". The plan is to build a chassis with all the go fast parts including a Turbo Miata drive train, and built suspension/brakes/wheels/tires to build a fast and great handling Spitfire. But I will keep the solid "rat rod" body with just the underside painted with Por-15 and will make the interior nice, but keep the body as it is currently. Would be a great sleeper, with it looking like an old british sports car with some nice wheels and sitting lower than usual but no clue that it is packing 4 times the stock power.

Rolling off the trailer today to power wash and get started in the garage!

I am going to start off trying to see if this can be kept under the Challenge budget as I got a bunch of Spitfire parts to resell, but no promises as I don't want to compromise on the chassis/engine/drivetrain/suspension. Project starts today!