Yes it's an American model; the indicators on the wings are telling (they're not fitted to UK or European spec cars). I do actually have one of the boot racks!- it was taken off for the winter but I'll be putting it back on once the cracked paint on the boot lid is sorted out.
My previous car was an MG Midget ( badge-engineered Sprite). It looked nice enough but was very cramped inside, an absolute ****** to work on and didn't feel as rugged as the Spitfire. Of course, old cars vary dependant on how they have been treated and that MG proved to have been fatally ill-treated by previous owners.
They're terrific fun but you have to be prepared to put up with a lot. No power steering, no ABS, nothing in the way of driver aids whatsoever. It's you... And metal. They also tend to be quite noisy, rattle a lot, smell of fuel, hot in the summer and cold in the winter, fickle when it comes to starting, cramped, have little in the way of luggage space, prone to rust and rot, need to be looked after more, when something goes wrong (and it will!) that will happen more often and be more expensive to fix. But despite all this... the thrill I get when I get behind the wheel makes all the drawbacks worthwhile.
