>From what I heard, all they did at the factory was fit the catches which had
>some
kind of wax covering, then spray the car, then remove the covering. So possibly
when you see some of the advertising stuff with the cars with body coloured
catches, chances are they just hadn't removed the coating.
Rich
Bob Norway wrote:
> "Laura G." wrote:
>
> > >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
> >
> > 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
> > >
>
> Hmmmm, I had an '80 Spit and it had chrome catches.......
>
> Cheers,
>
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