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Re: British Sports Car

To: spitfire <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: British Sports Car
From: "R. A. Woodward" <conn@wctc.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:22:06 -0600


Andrew Mace wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil wrote:
>
> > Now the wheels I have seen from the factory had Black hubcaps, mine
are
> > silver and are apparently original.  They wouldn't have silver wheels
with
> > silver hubs would they?
>
> Earlier caps (1971-74, I think) were black and had the word SPITIRE in
> the center. From 1975(?) on, the cap was silver; I think most of those
> had some sort of Leyland medallion. Any late Spitfire "experts" who can
> confirm/deny? ;-) I'll willingly stand corrected.

My 1980 has silver wheels, silver caps, and a silver center decal with the
word
"Triumph" in blue, circled in blue. (I'm missing one of those, BTW.
Anybody got
a spare?) The wheel in the boot is glossy black.


--
"I don't regret any of the things I've done, just some of the things I
wanted to
do, but didn't."

-R. A. Woodward (conn@wctc.net)





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