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

[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?

[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?