Colorchallenge Thursday Yellow - Spitfire in a storm
Hi Steemians
Steemit i thought today I would introduce you to me little yellow car
Photo taken on a Moto G
Its a 1977 Triumph spitfire, and is a whole lot of fun to drive! Its not to everyones taste and some would say its more of a hassle than its worth but I love it!!
Key features / British design flaws:
- Very light and rear wheel driven! This means its great fun on roundabouts, but as soon as its wet it becomes a death trap!!! As the backend is so light, as soon as you put your foot down it just spins out :o. Many Spitfire owners put bags of concrete or paving slabs in the back to stop this!
- The windows and roof don’t really match up — you get wet and the car fills with water!!! Don’t worry though as I have drilled a hole in the passenger seat well for drainage 😉
- No mod cons - yep still rocking a cassette player (you may have to google that one 😉 )
- No power steering - This just means you don’t have to go to the gym!!
- Its got a choke! - He’s a little bit before fuel injected cars, so you have to manually control the fuel to air ratio! this is a bit of a pain when its cold
- Runs on leaded petrol 😮 — no worries you just look like a bit of a tool mixing it up at the petrol station.
- Ooo and he is also a geocaching trackable 😉 so if you spot him out and about go and grab the tracking code!
My grandad had a triumph spitfire, but unfortunately he crashed it into a tree.
yeahh i can see why that would happen ;) --- hope he was ok though!!
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That car has my age... Great year! :D
ahaha some great music from around then ;)
Great car you have my friend :) it's TuesdayYellow though :) happens to the best :D
I KNOW!!! i really cocked this post up lol - i was just hoping no-one noticed; ;) bugger - Thanks for the comment dude :)