When I changed the coolant and tucked the Spitfire into the barn before winter I promised that it would get a wash and be covered shortly after. Between freezing temperatures, snow on the ground and life getting generally in the way, I never quite got round to it.
During last weekends full activity the Mrs decided it was time to clean her Volvo and suggested I should fetch the Spit down so whe could do that at the same time.
Needless to say, I got nothing more than a click from the starter, so we had to resort to rolling it down the slope from the middle barn, picking up some mud on the exhaust on the way.
I put the battery on charge after it was all cleaned up and a couple of hours later there was plenty of life in it. Just as well, because it took a little time to get the engine running. Being a bit overexubrent with the throttle first time round meant I flooded the engine as soon as I got fuel to the carbs. Got it going fine after a 20 minute wait, topped the battery up over night, cleared a bit more space so that I could fit it and the David Brown beside each other and covered it. Only nearly 4 months after I should have done so!
The way the weathers been here it might be only a couple of weeks before I take a run in it. It hasn't snowed or frozen properly for a good few weeks so they havn't been salting the roads. With that plus all the rain the salt that was on the roads must be washed away by now. Hmm, rain forcast tommorrow and Saturday, Sunshine and 6 Deg C on Sunday, might be worth a little outing.