I'm confused! The Reported commission number (TS22241) doesn't belong to any
Spitfire I have ever seen. A Mk1 Spit should have a
commission number starting with FC and under 50000 in its serialization. I
wonder if someone has substituted a logbook from a TR3A!
Joe (C)
EISANDIEGO@aol.com wrote:
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> A number of you asked me to update you if and when something more
> definitive was established about the old racecar spitfire which I had
> purchased. We received a telephone call this morning from Dr. French Hickman
> who confrimed that he had purchased the car from Erwin Lorincz and that it
> was the Spitfire that won Watkin Glen in 1963, thus making it the first to
> win a national US event ( as well a second National at VIR in October 1963).
> I am still researching the cars history, so there maybe more.
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> I have spoken to the racers of the car since Hickman in 1972. According
> to them the frame, tub, and fenders are same on the car when it was purchased
> by Hickman. Apparently even the fenders, which were flared by Kurt Getches,
> are the same parts as on the car when Hickman purchased it. The car was
> successive for a number of drivers in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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> There is no explanation at this point about the discrepancy between the
> expected build date of the car with the commission number TS22241 (in the
> 1972 logbook) and the fact that it appeared at the August 1963 Watkins Glen
> race. I will be following through to get the build dates to see if they shed
> any light on this particular issue. Could also be the Lorincz had an incident
> on the track.
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> Incidently, it was this car that caused me to raise the intial issue of
> flares. It has flares that were legal in 1972. However, it certainly did not
> have them on it when it won Watkins Glen. But there alot of history after
> Watkin's Glen. So should I keep the flares with the flashy yellow/orange/red
> paint or return it to Watkins Glen body style/colors?
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> Thanks Again for all of you that help me with this effort. Now if we only
> identify the racer of my TR2 longdoor.
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> Cary
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