Andy and List,
A quick message on the subject of the VTR Web pages. Are the car profiles
ever going to be redone.. freshened up a bit? You know, just to keep the
page looking new and spiffy and all. I just think it would be neat to see
some other cars there other than the scans of, for example, the Mk III
Spitfire brochure with the cream coloured car. Just a thought for the
consumption.
On the Italia, if you do go look at the car, take pictures, get the
numbers, give us the info!
Craving anything other than the thermodynamics test tommorow,
Zach Zaletel
http://freespeech.org/zach
McGill University
70 Spit Mk III
>On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Andrew R. Lindberg wrote:
>
>> ...I've seen Jamie Palmer's [Italia] at a couple VTR meets
>> and it's impressive. I suppose $9K would be a reasonable price for one.
>> Your big problem is going to be replacing body panels/trim/etc if it's bad
>> on the one advertised. I don't think anybody makes the replacements
>> anymore.
>
>Actually, the story (legend?) goes that no one ever did. Italias
>supposedly were sold here in the States with the express understanding
>that spare body panels, etc., would NOT be available. And it might not
>have made much difference if they were. I've heard stories of Italias
>varying significantly in various dimensions side to side and certainly
>car to car -- more or less typical of a largely hand-built car.
>
>Check out Jamie Palmer's information on the Italia at <www.vtr.org>;
>click on Models, then on Italia. Arguably, it's one of the prettiest
>designs Michelotti came up with for Triumphs (and one can see a fairly
>strong resemblance to the TRS Le Mans cars, for example).
>
>--Andy
>
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