Spitfire Mk1 1963 - Bonnet Question

[Pistuphead]

Hi all, I have a Spitfire Mk1 which I plan on totally restoring, the story behind it goes it was bought by a friend of mine over 30 years ago (after being put through a hedge by an over enthusiastic mechanic on a test drive) and was put in the back of a building on a farm where my friend began to respray it and repair it, however the job never got finished and it has been there ever since, cue Joey

I recently acquired the car and plan on completing the car to its totally original state (bar standard spitfire suspension ) However when the car was crashed a new bonnet was put on the car, problem being it is a fiberglass one and I really want a genuine steel one, or preferably an aluminum one, basically a proper metal one. I know Rimmer Bros do all the panels to make up the Bonnet but does anyone know of anyone that manufactures a complete bonnet???

Any advice greatly appreciated,

Cheers all.

Edited by Pistuphead on Thursday 10th May 00:37

[//j17]

Give someone like Canley Classics (www.canleyclassics.com/) a call. They seem to list the Mk III bonnet @£750 and I don't think there were any major differences between 1/2/3.

[trackcar]

can't help on the bonnet, but always great to meet a fellow '63 spitfire owner

[Pistuphead]

//j17 said:

Give someone like Canley Classics (www.canleyclassics.com/) a call. They seem to list the Mk III bonnet @£750 and I don't think there were any major differences between 1/2/3.

Cheers, I think I could make a few alterations quite easily to the Mk3 bonnet to turn it to a Mk1 one, Thanks for the link

[Pistuphead]

trackcar said:

can't help on the bonnet, but always great to meet a fellow '63 spitfire owner

Not exactly road worthy yet but hopefully in a few years time can't be many Mk1's about in the UK now can there?

[trackcar]

Pistuphead said:

trackcar said:

can't help on the bonnet, but always great to meet a fellow '63 spitfire owner

Not exactly road worthy yet but hopefully in a few years time can't be many Mk1's about in the UK now can there?

Mine's not exactly roadworthy either lol .. here's me the other week moving it from my mum's garage where it's been for the last 20 years!!

[Pistuphead]

Looks in a better state than mine does! Are you planning on restoring it? What colour is it???

Do you want to sell your bonnet?

[trackcar]

Pistuphead said:

Looks in a better state than mine does! Are you planning on restoring it? What colour is it???

Do you want to sell your bonnet?

I was part way through dismantling it 20 years ago then moved away from home to work so it never got finished. My parents bought it for me when I was 14, my dad and i did a kind-of rebuild on it so I could use it at school once i'd passed my test, it was prety cool but my friend had a toyota 1600 twincam and we were all jealous lol! I don't want to sell the bonnet, it's full of filler anyway Good luck with your resto