Yep, the late 80 Spits had the latches painted body colour. They were chrome
underneath and most likely painted to cover up flaws in the plating. Triumph
must
have been scraping the bottom of the rejected parts barrels as the pieced
together
the last of the Spits.
Larry
Growe58@aol.com wrote:
> I echo Laura's (and Nigel's!) comments - great site!
>
> 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 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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