Well, we certainly tried to do it "right" but something did not work out. I broke down and had to get flat-bedded home. When I got the...

If you've got the head off for whatever reason, you should check the guides and the seats. Even if the guides and seats look good, they...

My project management (nagging) turns into my day job working on cars. I had bought a 1974 Spitfire in the winter of 1983-84 to get me to...

One of the weak spots on the Spitfire seems to be the head gasket. This is based on my own experiences (I am doing this job for the 4th...

Like any passenger car, there are a various compromises that were made as the Spitfire made it's way to various markets around the world,...

The stock Delco in the '74 Spitfire was very handy with respect to finding parts - it used Chevy 6-cylinder points. I could find those...

I had the stock Stromberg emissions carb when I got the car. It's hard to tune, has a terrible intake manifold and does not really work...

Our old cars would have a hard time being more different. The odd couple? I thought it would be fun to look at some of the engine design...

(This is kind of an homage to the kinds of articles the great Peter Egan wrote in Road & Track) The year was 1984. I was newly out of...