Inside the Spitfire's cockpit, all is comfort and convenience. You will find deeply contoured, form fitting seats that recline at a touch, deep-pile carpeting door to door, and firm, plush safety padding. Settle behind the wheel and you will find true sports car controls and instruments. The steering wheel has three polished spokes and a grippable padded rim. Set into the rich facia of walnut veneer are the boldly styled instruments, all surrounded top and bottom by thick padding rolls for your protection. And to hold you safely in your seat, single handed inertia reel safety belts are fitted as standard while a fascia mounted warning light monitors whether the driver or passenger have their seat belts fitted. A padded centre armrest and adjustable head restraints further emphasise the comfort with safety aspect of the Spitfire interior.

The comprehensive list of standard equipment that helps to make the Spitfire a true value for money sports car also includes a dipping rear view mirror, exterior door-mounted rear view mirror, map-reading light, and a hazard warning switch which operates all four indicator lights in the event of an unexpected hold up.

Combine all these details with the Spitfire's smooth independent suspension, and you will find that this sports car has just about everything to make you comfortable and confident.

Capacities
Petrol tank : 7'/ galls - 33.0 litres
Engine sump : 7 pints - 4.0 litres
Gearbox : 1'/e pints - 0.9 litres
Rear axle : 1 pint - 0.6 litres
Cooling system (with heater) : 8 pints - 4.5 litres
Heater : 1 pint - 0.57 litres
Luggage Compartment Capacity : 7 cu. ft. - 0.2 m3

Two door, two seater convertible sports car, available with soft top and tonneau cover or detachable hard top. Steel panelled body on a separate chassis frame. Forward hinged bonnet. Forward hinged doors with high load anti-burst door locks and toughened safety glass side windows. Curved wide laminated windscreen. Hard top incorporates a toughened safety glass backlight and forward hinged anti-draught quarter lights. Folding soft top incorporates fixed quarter lights, and a zipper-controlled partially removable back light. Separate rear luggage compartment with forward hinged lid, telescopic retaining stay and automatic courtesy light.

General Equipment (Interior). Adjustable dipping rear view mirror with breakaway support. Crushable sun visors with vanity mirror on passenger's side. Ashtray in top facia rail. Protective padding on top facia rail and padded surround to walnut veneer facia and parcel shelf. Combined switch and cockpit illumination lamp operated by courtesy switch on driver's door post. Recessed door pull on both doors. Tread plates on door sills. Parcel shelf beneath facia on driver's and passenger's side. Map reading light. Inertia reel safety belts. Head restraints.

General Equipment (Exterior). Chrome plated wrap-around bumpers front and rear with plastic coated underriders at front. Moulded black plastic spoiler fitted under front bumper. Black plastic radiator grille. Twin windtone horns. Self-parking twospeed electric windscreen wipers and manually operated twin windscreen washers. Black plastic rear wing and tailend finishing beads. Silver polycarbonate wheel trims with chrome plated dome nuts. Spare wheel and tyre housed on the floor of the rear luggage compartment with tool roll, wheel brace and jack. Exterior door .mounted mirror.

Controls are designed and grouped for ease of operation. Situated in the facia panel is a combined control knob for windscreen wipers and washers, and a separate knob for choke control. A rocker switch controls side and head lamps, registration plate and instrument illumination. The horn push button is in the steering wheel centre boss. Two finger-tip levers are. situated on the steering column nacelle, the L.H. lever controls head lamp flasher and dip, and the R.H. lever controls the self-cancelling direction indicator lamps. A push/pull switch incorporating a warning lamp brings all direction indicators into use as hazard warning lamps. A combined switch for accessories, ignition, starter motor control and steering column locking device is located on the steering column beneath the parcel shelf and is operated by the ignition key. The key can only be removed from the combined switch with the steering column locking device in the locked condition.

Heating and Ventilation. A powerful heater/demister unit provides fresh air at the selected temperature to the interior of the car and to the windscreen for demisting/ defrosting. The controls permit independent selection of air temperatures and distribution, and a two-speed booster fan can be used to increase air flow.

Instruments are set in a non-glare facia panel in a compact area in front of the driver's position and comprise: a speedometer graduated in m.p.h. and km.p.h. which contains total and trip odometers and warning lamps for main beam, ignition and low oil pressure; a tachometer; a water temperature gauge; a fuel level gauge; a direction indicator repeater lamp; a hazard warning repeater lamp; a `fasten seat belts' warning lamp.

Upholstery. Flame retardant upholstery throughout. Expanded PVC leathercloth trim. Moulded pile carpet throughout with rubber heel mat for driver. Washable PVC headlining on hard top. Two separate reclining front seats adjustable fore and aft with occupants seated by readily accessible control levers. Both seats are retained by self-locking quick release catches and pivot forwards to allow access to rear luggage space. Padded centre armrest. Mat on rear luggage compartment floor.

Engine Number of cylinders ... 4
Bore of cylinders 73.7 mm 2.9 in
Stroke of crank 87.5 mm 3.44 in
Piston area ... 171 sq cm 26.5 sq in
Capacity ... 1493 cc 91 cu in
Compression ratio ... ... 9.0:1 Maximum power(DIN) ... 71 bhp @ 5500 rpm
Maximum torque (DIN)... 82lb ft 3000 rpm
Effective Gearing
Road speed at 1000 rpm in top gear= 18 mph (29 kmph).
With overdrive (when fitted) _ 22.6 mph (36.4 kmph).

Transmission
Clutch: 7'/a in dia. (184 mm) single dry plate diaphragm spring type. Hydraulically operated release mechanism. Gearbox: 4 forward and 1 reverse. Single selector rail. Synchromesh on all forward ratios. Silent helical gears. Remote control gear lever centrally mounted behind gearbox.
Gearbox ratios
Top 3rd 2nd 1st Rev.
1 1.39 2.16 3.50 3.99 Overall ratios
3.63 5.05 7.85 12.70 14.48
Rear axle ratio : 3.63:1

Fuel System
Tank mounted at rear between the wheel arches. Pump: Mechanically operated diaphragm type.
Carburettors: Two SU HS4 side draught, emission controlled.

Cooling System
Pressurized `No Loss' water system incorporating an overflow reservoir.
Circulation: By impellor type pump. Thermostatically controlled flow.
Fan: Polypropylene, 7 blades, 11 1/2 in dia. (292 mm), with a viscous coupling. Vee belt drive.

Suspension
Front: Independent double wishbone type, wishbones having rubber bushed pivots. Special wear resistant top ball joint swivels and patented screwed bottom bush incorporating its own oil reservoir. Coil springs controlled by telescopic type direct acting hydraulic dampers. Taper roller bearings in hubs. Anti-roll bar.
Rear: Independent swing axle type with centrally pivoted transverse leaf spring and trailing radius rods. Direct acting telescopic type hydraulic dampers. Ball and needle roller bearings in hub.

Wheels
Steel disc type, 13 in dia. x 4'/a J rims. Polycarbonate wheel centre trims.

Tyres
155 SR-13 Radial ply tubeless

Steering
Rack and pinion type. Three spoke steering wheel of 14 1/2 in dia. (368 mm) with padded rim and centre boss. 3 3/4 turns lock to lock. Impact absorbing steering column incorporating an anti-theft device.

Brakes
Front: Caliper disc type-disc dia. : 9 in - (229 mm).
Rear: Drum type : 7 in dia. x 1'/ in wide (178 mm x 32 mm). Leading and trailing shoe.
Front swept area : 150 sq in - 967 sq cm
Rear swept area : 55 sq in - 355 sq cm
Total swept area : 205 sq in - 1322 sq cm

Electrical Equipment
Battery: 12 volt, 40 amp. hour @ 20 hour rate, located under bonnet. Negative earth.
Coil: Lucas, 6 volt used with ballast resistor in harness.
Distributor: Lucas, with centrifugal and vacuum advance control.
Alternator: Lucas 16 ACR ventilated type. Nominal output 34 amps. Vee belt drive. Starter motor: Lucas M35, inertia type.

Optional Equipment (at extra cost) : Overdrive, hardtop.

SPECIAL NOTE: The specifications in this publication apply to cars produced for the U.K. market. Export models may differ in detail to suit local market conditions or regulations - please check with your dealer. These specifications do not apply in North America, particularly the Continental U.S.A. or to U.S. overseas states or territories.