David,
The reason for the odd model information and overlap in years is because
for European models, Triumph continued the MkIV until the end of 1974
while starting production of US 1500's in August of 1972. Therefore,
you should be looking for 1500 books and disregard anything for the
MkIV.
Joe
GatesDavid@aol.com wrote:
>
> I guess its time to get serious and buy a decent book. All I have now is a
> REALLY beat up haynes manual. I have a '73 Spitfire 1500 and a '78 Spitfire
> 1500. VB has catalog num 9-1322 (Factory Workshop Manual) covers 73-80 so it
> seems like a good choice. But, when I look at Spitbits they have "The
> Spitfire MK IV Workshop Manual: 71-74" and "The complete official Triumph
> Spitfire: 1500 75-80". My '73 is a 1500, so is the first Spitbits book the
> correct one (wrong model but correct year) or is the second one correct
> (correct year but wrong model)? Also, all these say that they are original
> reprints, so how can the one that VB sells be for different year ranges than
> the Spitbits version? I would prefer to buy only one manual that covers both
> cars if I can. Does anyone have the appropriate book that they want to sell?
>
> David Gates
> '73 Spitfire 1500 (FM3891U)
> '78 Spitfire 1500 (FM72800UC)
> Hawaii
> http://members.aol.com/gatesdavid/index.htm
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