[niteowl77]

Triumph TR3 convertible. Because I don’t mind taking out a wrench and working on a car on the roadside every few miles.

Triumphs were all fun and games when they ran, which - as you say - was best described as "occasionally."

I remember my dad standing beside a (non-running) Triumph Spitfire and saying, "It makes you wonder how any British airplane ever made it across the Channel during WWII."

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: “It makes you wonder how any British airplane ever made it across the Channel during WWII.” ::

On-board carburetor specialist.
It ALWAYS the carb...even with a flat tire.

[Axenolith]

Going inverted in early war ones caused them to sputter/shut off because the gravity carburetor float would shut off the fuel 🤣. Can’t recall at moment if that was both hurricane and spitfire or just one of them.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

I remember my dad standing beside a (non-running) Triumph Spitfire and saying, "It makes you wonder how any British airplane ever made it across the Channel during WWII."

Do you know why the Limeys drink warm beer?

Lucas refrigerators.