Articles | Technical and tuning

Abarth exhausts: the factory of noise

Carlo Abarth has been a myth for teenagers in the ‘50s and ‘60s and still today any sport car enthusiasts’ eyes sparkle when hearing his name. His firm leap to the fore for its tuning, its elaborations, its victories on tracks all over the world, and for the sport accessories developed to answer any enthusiasts’ dream to run faster. Among these accessories, the famous exhausts. We tell here the history of the exhausts produced by Abarth specifically for Triumph cars.

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Models: GT6 MKI / GT6 MKII / GT6 MKIII / Herald 948 / Roadster TR3 / Roadster TR4 / Spitfire 4 / Spitfire MKII / Spitfire MKIII / Spitfire MKIV / Spitfire 1500

Keywords: Abarth / Accessories / Muffler

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Articles | History and culture

Spitfire. The world of hardtops

A roadster is bought to travel in open air, and then it often ends up covered with an hard top. I do not know if this is a contradiction, but as a matter of fact among the accessories for Triumphs, hardtops are at the foreground, with a great variety of models produced by so many small enterprises. Andrea, with this first contribution, introduce us to this interesting topic.

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Models: Spitfire 4 / Spitfire MKII / Spitfire MKIII / Spitfire MKIV / Spitfire 1500

Keywords: Accessories / Hardtop

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Articles | Restorations

British Leyland House Badge positioning

The British Leyland badge on Spitfire and GT6 can be found in the most different positions, due to inaccurate restorations or simply because with the years the adhesive on the back of the badge loses its function, causing the badge to be lost on the road. This article gives the indications for the correct positioning of the badge.

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Models: GT6 MKIII / Spitfire MKIV / Spitfire 1500

Keywords: DIY / Logo

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Articles | Travels

Tea for Two

July, 1991. Roberto, a Triumph enthusiast from Turin, owns the second Spitfire in his life and decide to attend, first Italian ever, to the ’”International Week End” organized every year by the T.S.S.C. (Triumph Sport Six Club), where Triumph enthusiasts from all the united Kingdom meet. In these pages he tells us the journey from Turin to Lubenham and back, only he and his Spitfire. A journey indeed towards the myths of Britain for who was a teenager in the ‘60s/’70s: the Beatles, Coventry, Corgi Toys, Silverstone…

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Models: Spitfire 1500

Keywords: Canley / Travels

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