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> From: Martin Libhart <mlibhart@feist.com>
> To: Zach Zaletel <zzalet@po-box.mcgill.ca>
> Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Anniversary Spitfires?
> Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 11:08 AM
>
> Zach:
>
> I will be interested to hear what you learn from this inquiry. I have
the 26th
> '70 Mk.III off the assembly line - probably about the earliest in
existence
> that I have found thus far. Commission number is FDU75026L. Was built in
> August, 1969. As near as I can tell, it did not come with the RAF roundel
> bullseye, although I have acquired one from TRF for possible installation
(hey,
> I just like it.) A fellow lister (Mike Burdick) has a nicely-restored
'70 that
> still has the original roundel bullseye on it. I saw his car at the VTR
meet
> in Rockford, IL. According to Joe Curry's database, Mike's commission
number
> is FDU86843L. I do not know when his car was actually built. (Are you
still
> out there, Mike?)
>
Hi Martin
My 70 Mark III was built in January of 1970 (FDU81629L) and had the
original rondelle on the bonnet. But this is the first I've heard about an
anniversary edition.
Keith Stewart
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