I've never actually seen a Spitfire with the Commission Plate in the
door frame area, all of my Spits have had it rivetted to the left hand
side of the bulkhead. Is this one of those anomalies for the American
market, as all my Spitfires have been home market cars? I have owned
several MkIV, 1500 and MkIII models, and have worked on earlier models
belonging to friends.
Joe Curry wrote:
>
> You guys (and gals too Laura) are leading a very sheltered life. If you
> would look at more than just MkIV and 1500 Spits, you will find that all
> the round tail ones had the commission plate on the cowl, where it is
> supposed to be!!! 8^)
>
> Joe
>
> Laura Gharazeddine wrote:
> >
> > Here, here-agreed.
> >
> > I have seen plates in engine compartments of TR250s and TR4s and such. But,
> > not Spitfires. There ia a plate in the engine compartment of Nigel-but it's
> > not the comission plate and it's been such a long time since I paid
> > attention to it-I can't remember what it is!
> >
> > Laura G. and Nigel
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Simmons, Reid W <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
> > To: 'Bowley, Glenn (GC CT)' <glenn.bowley@gerbercoburn.com>; 'Spitfire mail
> > list' <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 10:49 AM
> > Subject: RE: Commission plate location.
> >
> > >
> > > Not to worry. The commission plate on my '79 is also mounted on the door
> > > jam and not under the bonnet. Most of the Spitfires I have seen have them
> > > mounted on the door jams.
> > >
> > > Reid
> > > '79 Spitfire
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bowley, Glenn (GC CT) [mailto:glenn.bowley@gerbercoburn.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 4:31 AM
> > > To: 'Spitfire mail list'
> > > Subject: Commission plate location.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all-
> > > I have a '75 spit, and had a question about the commission plate location.
> > > The commission plate on my car is located on the inside rear of the door
> > > frame, just below the latch mechanism. I know from the various catalogs I
> > > have seen that the commission plate should be under the bonnet on the
> > > drivers side. I don't have anything in this location except two rivets
> > where
> > > the commission plate should be, and the body number plate just below that.
> > > Has anybody ever heard of the commission plate being in the door frame?
> > > I was thinking of moving it back to the "proper" location, but wanted to
> > be
> > > sure that it's current location was not "factory".
> > > I thought you guy's (and gal's) would appreciate a simple, non-mechanical
> > > question for a change of pace ;-)
> > >
> > > Glenn Bowley
> > > ' 75 Spit FM30644U
> > >
>
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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