my vintage triumph, a '54 tr2 sprung for auto-crossing (but not by or
for me) had dual lucas carbs. i was about to fault the writer for citing
strombergs -- the stromberg 97 was the favored carb on the classic
flathead ford & merc hot rods of the 1950s-- when google advised that
the spitfire indeed had a version of the stromberg. for all the good it
did the spitfire...

Loren Busch wrote:
> RE: .... he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph
> Spitfire......
> As a former Spitfire owner I'm really cracking up on this one....
> He could have added "Longing to lean down, place his head next to them
> and tune them by ear."
> BTW my Spitfire had SU carbs, not Strombergs.
>