The Triumph Spitfire Story!

The History of a classic British Sports Car! The Triumph Spitfire lived a long and extensive live, over 18 years and five generations! Selling well over a quarter of a million units in that time, we decided to explore the history of this popular and iconic British sports car!

Welcome to Classics World, your ultimate destination for all things classic cars! 🚗💨🌟

We bring you enthusiastically knowledgeable content, embracing the nostalgia of vintage automobiles while celebrating their relevance in the modern world. Our engaging storytelling, expert insights, and warm, inclusive community make us your go-to source for everything classic cars in the UK and beyond. Join us as we preserve automotive heritage, sharing captivating narratives and personal anecdotes that ignite the passion of car enthusiasts everywhere. Subscribe now and be a part of our passionate community, keeping the classic car spirit alive together!

👍 Was this video helpful? Please click Like and share it with your friends, and let us know your thoughts in the comments!

Find Classics World on…
Instagram: @classicsworlduk

#ClassicCars #VintageAutomobiles #ClassicCarEnthusiast #NostalgicMotoring #CarRestoration #AutomotiveHeritage #ExpertInsights #ClassicCarCommunity #CarCulture #ClassicCarEvents #CarShowcase #RetroCars #TimelessBeauty #CarHistory #AutoAppreciation

- Music -

All content on this channel is - unless otherwise stated - the opinion of the given party and any offence caused is severely apologised for. Any and all third-party content is credited and referenced to the best of our ability and all externally-created content is entirely the legal property of its original and rightful owner/s. All rights respected.

Chapters
0:00 The Triumph Spitfire!
0:38 A Small Triumph Sports Car - Development
1:19 Release
2:15 Evolution
2:27 1965 Mk2
2:44 1967 Mk3
3:30 Selling Well Globally
3:56 1970 Mk4
4:19 Infamous Handling
4:45 1974 Mk5 1500
5:20 A Triumph!

[davidarter]

I wonder if motoring enthusiasts of that era ever realised how privileged to live in an era when these wonderful sports cars of the 60’s were produced…

[simonedwards]

Lovely little car owned 3 in the 70s then bought another this year, tried hard to relove it but having owned a TR6 it had to go, once you’ve driven a 6 cylinder there’s no going back

[rabk]

Yes, so right about that three-bearing crank, I was forever pulling these engines to sort that issue back in the day when I worked on these cars with three bearing-crank shafts. 😁😁👍👍

[tokyotriumphers]

I've owned a Spitfire MK1 in Japan for 18 years and have put over 150k miles on it since I bought it. It's a very fun car.

[walterCronkitesleftshoe]

I remember as a little lad in the 1970s in Liverpool standing awestruck by a Triumph Spitfire Mk IV parked in our road. A young woman came out of a nearby house to get into it, saw me looking open mouthed at it, and asked my if I'd like a ride (I was a little cutie back then), after carefully taking into consideration what mum & dad had warned me about "getting into cars with strangers", I decided to completely ignore the advice and was in the passenger seat before you could say "0-60 in 13 seconds". She blasted round the nearby roads for a few minutes and dropped me back off at our front door. Needless to say I was spotted getting out of the strange car by mum and as a consequence was unable to sit down properly for 2 days afterwards. Happy memories.

[maurotolari]

One thing that is often overlooked in this video and others is that the Spitfire mk 3, apart from having a 1300 cc engine, had a revised cylinder head 8 port instead of the earlier 6 port.This head became universal across the range.

[mollyfilms]

Just finished a total resto on a MK2 in white with red interior (as came out of the factory). Not driven yet as weather so bad here in the U.K.
Roll on spring!

I had a 1980 Spit 1500. Great fun. Did over 80k miles on it. Never left me stranded

[ArmySigs]

My favourite brit sports car, probably because it was designed by an Italian lol. Will hopefully get to restore one some day...

[pushbikeman]

I must thank the producer of this short video for not just turning out a smooth professional free flowing entertaining film extremely well narrated but for capturing the romance and glamour and the spirit of the car which still burns with me 50 years on. Like the car this video is a triumph.

[daveglover]

I had a saffron '71 1V Nice little easy car but chronic under steer at quicker speeds made the Midget a better choice, however a late model GT6 is the one to get if you want the looks and better handling...

[Helm-wq]

Born in time to enjoy these cars when they were new. Yes I did then and do now appreciate having been there to enjoy them. I had two in a row and different as can be. First was a bra d new 1967 Pontiac Firebird convertible with a 400 ci engine. With a brake of two years while I was serving over seas, when I returned I bought brand new, a 1970 Triumph Spitfire. It has always been my favorite car. So much so that I have own three 1970 Spitfires over the years. This car with my Harleys taught me a lot about mechanics. And I have very good memories of all of them.

[howardking]

I think it was the first car I ever fell in love with at first sight. British racing green with brown leather interior. Oregon state fair, circa 1965. Rode the Mad Mouse too. Those were the days!

[youtubecarspottersguide]

learn to drive a 4speed in a 1973 , 1977 drove it to high school had top down most of the time

[charlieturner]

A lot of the guys I knew were going broke driving Z 28s and Trans Ams. In the meantime, I was having a blast diving my 66 Spitfire into sharp turns with the top down and a hot girl riding with me....damn, that was fun! And yes, I know about the rear axles, but never had it get away from me.

[kevinmiller]

Ouch! 2/3 of a pun at the end..P..U..😂

[grantm]

My dad bought a red Mk2 when I was little, probably in about 1967. Years later when my eldest sister didn't want it (it didn't fit her artsy fartsy hippie image) he sold it. I've never forgiven her for that.

[FixItLikeAGirl]

Great video mate hopefully we can get out 1978 looking great like these ones 🤞

[nickyalousakis]

beauty is in the eye of the beholder. but i disagree with the mkIII being prettier than the mkI or mkII. when the bone-in-dog-mouth look of the mkIII is not at all prettier imo. ironically i grew up in a generation where i think the mkIV looks prettiest.

[frosty-dl]

I'll never understand why they didn't use the gt6 engine in the spitfire to begin with, it would have trebled the sales