I've had an '80 and now a '79. Both of which had chrome bonnet latches.
Ed Hamilton
-----Original Message-----
From: Laura G. <savercool@email.msn.com>
To: Growe58@aol.com <Growe58@aol.com>; spitfires@autox.team.net
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, May 16, 1999 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: New Spitfire webpages
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>>I noticed that the bonnet catches on the '80 Spits were painted body
color.
>>Was
>>this a late factory change or just part of the advertising? Anyone know?
>>
>>-Greg
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>In my handy dandy spitfire book by Michael Cook, all it says is that the 79
>and into 80 model years carried "virtually no chrome trim at all."
>
>I really haven't seen many '80s (or '79s) . I do seem to vaguely remember
>seeing a spit once that had bonnet catches painted the same colour as the
>body.
>
>Laura G. and Nigel
>>
>>In a message dated 5/14/99 11:04:38 PM EST, savercool@email.msn.com
writes:
>>>
>>> Thumbs up!
>>>
>>> Great site-beautiful car!
>>>
>>> Laura G. and Nigel
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
>>> To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>>> Date: Friday, May 14, 1999 11:24 AM
>>> Subject: New Spitfire webpages
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >[drum roll]
>>> >
>>> >Ladies and gentlemen!
>>> >
>>> >After having been locked up in a room for some weeks with just a
>computer,
>>> >a scanner, notepad.exe, and a good book on HTML, I have the
>immeasurable
>>> >pleasure to announce to you my * N E W * webpages dedicated to the
>Triumph
>>> >Spitfire.
>>> >
>>> >There's the usual blah-blah about my own car, how and why I got it,
why
>>> >it's so great, etc.
>>> >
>>> >But I think I have something that so far nobody else has:
>>> >
>>> > Original Triumph Spitfire Brochures
>>> >
>>> >So far, I have a 1974 and a 1980 UK brochure, scanned in hi-res B&W
and
>>> >colour.
>>> >
>>> >And an extra special bonus page:
>>> >
>>> > How To Read Your Spark Plugs
>>> > (courtesy of Champion spark plugs ;-)
>>> >
>>> >You, the subscribers to this list, are the first to be informed about
>>these
>>> >pages. So please, whenever you have the time, point your browsers to
>the
>>> >URL mentioned below - and do not hesitate to tell me what you think.
>>> >Criticism is *very* welcome.
>>> >
>>> >Thanks.
>>> >
>>> >--
>>> >Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands
>>> >1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green
>>> >
>>> >My Spitfire and Triumph Spitfire brochures:
>>> >
>>> > http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
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