On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 ETYPE63@aol.com wrote:
> Hello everyone. I'm a list newbie. I have recently acquired a basket-case
> Spitfire. It looks like a 19seventy-something. The previous owner came by the
> car through a home/property purchase that included several vehicles. He
> knows nothing about the background of the Spitfire. What model year's ID#
> began with ACL2??? The engine is clearly an inline four (I can see all four
> connecting rods through the huge crack in the block!) with one side draft
> carb. Any ideas what I ended up with (year and model)? Thanks in advance for
> your help!
Lois, by the commission number you give, what you have is an early
(1975-76) TR7. But since I'll wager most everyone can tell a TR7 from a
Spitfire, I'll hope that you're going by some piece of paper with that
number on it and not a commission number plate actually on the car.
If you can get the "real" commission number off the car (plate on the
driver's door "B" post if a U.S. model or perhaps the windshield frame
tag, again if a U.S. model), it will be easy enough to determine the year.
Similary, the engine will also have a number on it (on top of block
roughly under the rearmost spark plug that might help at least determine
what motor it is.
--Andy
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