On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Andrew Holmes wrote:
> 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?
Ignore them; they are but fools. :-)
> 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?).
According to information I have, the first Spitfire Mk2 built in calendar
year 1967 was FC88550, still some from end of production. (The first
built in calendar year 1966 was 71766; extrapolating from that, I'd guess
your car was built in later summer or early fall, more than late enough
to be considered a 1967 model -- if not by the factory, then almost
certainly by almost everyone else by the time it reached the US.)
> Are these rare? Why do so many british car "experts" think I don't have
> what I say I have?
See above "witticism"! :-)
> 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!
You're not crazy. I'm curious about the 67 prefix on your paperwork.
Normally, the commission number (easily verified by the plate on the
scuttle) would begin with FC; regardless of that "67" that FC is the key to
your car being a Mk2 -- the FC series. It all sounds completely legit to me.
--Andy
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