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To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Model years
From: "Andrew Holmes" <holmes_law@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 10:33:18 PST
Why is it that virtually every spitfire website or publication, or even 
folks generally knowledgable (ie: half the british parts folks I've dealt 
with) always tell me that I am wrong about my car?

I have a 1967 Mk II.  Everbody tries to tell me that I must be mistaken, and 
that by 1967, only mk III cars were made.  But I have a 1967, VIN 67FC81359L 
(I have since added overdrive - I understand that cars with factory OD 
usually had that indicated in the VIN?).

Are these rare?  Why do so many british car "experts" think I don't have 
what I say I have?

I even have an 1147 engine - could it be that this is actually an earlier 
car that took awhile to first register?  How can I find this out?  I have 
the original plates (it's a black-plated California car), so my registration 
has been continuous, but it shows 1967 on the paperwork . . .

Somebody please tell me I'm not crazy . . . or confirm my wife's diagnosis 
of me!


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