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Re: Spitfire Facts & Figures

To: Suzie <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>, Spitfires <spitfires@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: Spitfire Facts & Figures
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:27:29 -0700


Joe Curry wrote:
> 
> Suzie,
> I don't know where they got their data, but THe BMIHT has the Mk3 listed
> as follows:
> 
> Jan 1967  FD4 through Dec 1970 FD92803  (FD1 through FD3 were not found
> in their records)
> 
> It might be noted that new year models started at even numbers (i.e.
> first 1970 model was FD75000) and the last of the year's models would
> have stopped at some point before that.  So they are not totally
> inclusive.
> 
> For the MkIV, production began in August 1970 with chassis number 3 and
> continued through 64996.  Prefix could have been FH, FK or FL.  Just
> like the Mk3, the MkIV year models started on major number sequences and
> left gaps between that and the preceeding year.  Just like the Mk3, the
> Serial numbers 1 and 3 were not found.
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Make that 1 and "2"!!!  

Joe 
 
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