Classic Lines, Electric Heart
The Triumph Spitfire is one of Britain’s most beloved sports cars — nimble, low-slung, and achingly pretty. This project puts a Spitfire body on a stronger GT6 chassis and drops in a complete 2020 Nissan Leaf drivetrain — the full Leaf
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Dual Gauges
The Triumph had two main gauges the tach and speedo. We decided to experiment with a new display the a 4″ round display from waveshare the ESP32-P4-WIFI6-Touch-LCD-XC. After much difficulty…
Fixing the Windshield Wiper Switch
This is a delicate part in a Spitfire. They designed a switch with a push pump for the wiper fluid that also controls the speed. As far as I know…
Instrument Cluster — Bench Testing and Calibration
The full bench test setup for the custom instrument cluster: laptop for firmware flashing and CAN bus simulation, the ESP32-S3 display board, a CAN bus interface adapter, and test cables.…
From the Build
A selection of photos from the conversion process.
