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Re: 6 speed Spitfire?

To: Mark Gardner <mrgrdnr@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: 6 speed Spitfire?
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 22:36:40 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Mark Gardner wrote:

> Hi all - I saw this ad on the internet.  Does anybody know what the
> "6-spd double overdrive" is?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mark Gardner   
> 
>            79 Triumph Spitfire Sport Inca yellow,new
>              black interior,performance exhaust,6-spd
>              double overdrive...

I'd have to assume it simply refers to overdrive working on both third 
and fourth gears, effectively giving you a six-speed gearbox. As I 
recall, that was the norm on the Spitfire OD gearbox.

--Andy

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