Achtung! Spitfire!

Tail of the Dragon, 2012.
Tail of the Dragon, 2012.

End of the day yesterday, on the drive back to my sister’s place in Bowie from Annapolis, took the back road (MD 214) and holy cow, FINALLY saw an LBC! (trust me, they’re all over, I just hadn’t been in the right place at the right time up ’til now).  Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera with me and therefore didn’t give chase, but I contacted the two local TR clubs – Capital Triumph Register and Triumphs Around the Chesapeake, both great organizations – and got confirmation on the identity of car and driver.

The car’s a modified ’78 Spitfire 1500, owned by Paul Geithner. He’s posted a web page with a bunch of great photos showing the car as bought, what he’s done to it over the years and some road/track photos. I invite you to take a look at your convenience:

http://www.auskellian.com/paul/spitfire_photo_albums/Pages/78_Spitfire_1500.html#8

Good stuff, this. I swear, one of these days I’ll get back to the DC-Baltimore-Annapolis area while one of the clubs is hosting some sort of TR event.