Hmm - don't remember anything like that. I did get a steel hardtop with the
car, which I believe to be original (but have no evidence...) so it's certainly
possible. I'll try to remember to check the V5 tonight and let you know. This
wouldn't explain why my steering wheel and windscreen frame are in the wrong
place, though!
As a side-note, why would anyone want to buy a "coupe" late Spitfire, when you
could have got a GT6 instead? The whole point of the Spitfire is top-down
driving, isn't it?
To: "'Dean Dashwood'" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>, P.J.McKey@massey.ac.nz,
spitfires@autox.team.net
cc:
Subject: RE: Suggestions for a new hood
> I tried a friend's tonneau cover on my car (didn't think to
> do this before I
> sent mine back to Prestige...) and found that his also didn't
> fit my car - it
> had exactly the same problems as the original one Prestige
> sent me. So it seems
> as if it's my car which is the wrong shape, not the cover
> they sent me.
Hi Dean,
Was your Spitfire by any chance recorded as a "Coupe" on the
registration document? The reason I ask is that my MkIV was built with a
factory fitted hardtop, the hood kit being fitted by the original supplying
dealer. The original tonneau matches OK, but we needed to change this after
fitting headrests. None of the (original Stanpart) tonneaus we tried would
fit, due to various poppers being located differently. When you find
original and unused hood or tonneau covers, they are frequently supplied
without poppers fitted, and no doubt the supplying dealer of my car made the
holes in the tonneau, hood and bodywork match up to each other, but not to
any other Spitfire!
Cheers,
Bill.
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