Ah-ha! It changed from the Mk III.
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> From: Douglas Braun & Nadia
> Papakonstantinou[SMTP:dougnad@bellatlantic.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 9:07 PM
> To: Keith R. Stewart; Banbury, Terrence; spitfires@autox.team.net;
> SpitfiresRule@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Engine colors?
>
> A photo in my '72 MK IV sales brochure shows a silver-colored valve cover.
>
> Doug Braun
> '72 Spit
>
> At 06:26 PM 3/28/00 -0500, Keith R. Stewart wrote:
>
> >Banbury, Terrence replied
> > > I was researching this, as well, for the Mk III. From early brochures
> >(via
> > > the various websites) I have seen a copper color on the valve cover.
> Mine
> > > is a metallic copper, too, but flaking off, of course. I have every
> >reason
> > > to believe that is the original color.
> >A friend who used to take his MkII Spit to TRF's Summer Party did his a
> >copper colour because he had an original dealer brochure from the 60's
> >showing the engine compartment of a MkII and the colour was copper.
> >Cheers
> >Keith
>
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