Posted by Gordon on Sunday, May 02, 2004 at 4:20AM :
In Reply to: OT- British car show, I won! (fifth) posted by Tim Holloway on Saturday, May 01, 2004 at 11:03PM :
Anyone able to fight the rear suspension handling charateristics of a Spitfire long enough to get it to a show certainly deserves something in the way of recognition. 8~)
Maybe your one is too 'new' to have the single tranverse leaf spring rear suspension then, which makes them corner like a Corvair? in which case you're lucky. I seem to remember the Herald, Vitesse, and Sptifire shared the same backbone chassis which was a good concept, but let down by the cheap rear suspension setup. Spitfires aren't that common here in the UK now.
I'd rather corner quickly in a 3 /4 ton WC, and lets face it, they aren't known for their cornering. Why do Americans collect British cars, and us Brits are always buying American ones ?
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