I learned to drive in 1981 on a 1972 Pinto wagon. A few months later my mom bought a 1978 Spitfire. We all drove it for years. The late '70s were, of course, a dark age for Triumph and for British cars (and American ones). Parts often came from catalogs. They weren't hard to find, but you wouldn't get them at the average store.

None of us ever lost control of the Spitfire, as far as I know. That is not because of great care or competence on the part of my brother and me.

What year was your Spitfire?

>My very first car was a 1979 Fort Pinto. It ran great but luckily no accidents or fender benders! I sold it and bought a Triumph Spitfire. now that was fun to drive but alittle risky in the Colorado Rockies. I once had a throttle cable break and we rigged it with a 10-speed cable to get back down the mountain. It was just too difficult to get parts back then for it to be reliable.