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Many years ago at Stafford opening time saw an Ariel with all the luggage/screen etc. a leader? lovely condition £800 thought I’ll think about it,went back within 1/2hour and it had gone.Bought the Velo off an aquaintence a one previous owner bought it 1958 only used it to travel to Alvis  factory Coventry every day retired 1970 and just left it in garage with 6000 miles done it was recommissioned but left as was,it rode great and used it often,I had a Velo Viper and an A10 too at the time all gone now😢 your Spitfire looks a beauty 👍

Very nice Grahamb especially the Triumph,it’s a 650 isn’t it? Best of the Triumphs I’ve had was a 650 Tiger

I had a Leader back in the 70s, great fun & the dummy tank was handy for putting my butties in when I went to work. Not got any pictures of my early bikes, but the Ariel did manage to sneak into the background when I was putting my Spitfire back together after respraying it



I gave it to a young lad across the road as a field bike in '78 & got a CB250G5, what a difference! That was it, Jap bikes ever since apart from an encounter with a 3TA in the 90s & my current Interceptor. This Leader makes an appearance at a few classic shows over here every year, but I've never seen it being used.



Spotted this Arrow at Jurby a few years back

Not so keen on the post 60's version but the earlier Mk1-3's are lovely cars. The later mk4's just don't look as good.
Its funny as I have a 72 Midget that I am rebuilding. The pre 74 cars look lovely nice but the later cars are just too girly for my taste

The B, while different with the rubber bumpers (I had one too 25 years ago) still looks much like it did. The addition of the rubber bumpers to the Midget made the car look effeminate and while I love the previous versions I don't like the post 74 version. The 1500 engine is also rubbish compared to the A series in the earlier ones.
I am not so keen on the later Spits either, they look quite girly to me. However the previous versions are really nice looking cars and even look a bit muscular compared to them (despite a smaller engine)
Like everything its all a matter of personal taste

I had no interest in them, but I was sort of forced onto 4 wheels when the woodruff  keyway on my Tiger Cub crank sheared. Took me about half an hour to get to work on the Cub, or nearly 2 hours by bus. It was the middle of winter, so when I got off the bus near home one dark, wet night & saw an old side valve Ford Prefect for £35 in the garage opposite the bus stop, I bought it, thinking I'd run it through the winter while I found a second hand crankshaft & fixed the Cub, then sell it - 'course I never did fix the Cub. Then my cousin's boyfriend got a Frogeye Sprite & I thought 'that's the way to go, should be as much fun as a bike' & spent the next 30 years driving soft tops. After a brief dalliance with a Berkeley T60, I had a Sunbeam Rapier convertible, then that Mk3 Spitfire. My brother gave me the Leader when he passed his bike test & got BSA650. I could only afford old bangers & I realised as well as fun to ride, a bike was also handy back up when the car was off the road for repair. I got a Mk4 Spitfire after the Mk3, but it wasn't as good, so I got a TR6 next -  had that 25 years. I got a 1500 Spitfire while the TR6 was off the road for a complete rebuild, but I didn't like that much either.