I know everyone has their own taste, but I personally think someone
ruined a good spit body.
Just my two cents.
Brad
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On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 07:42:50 -0400 "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)"
<dmitchel@ford.com> writes:
>
> To see another 4 wheel drive Spitfire, check out:
>
> http://www.detroittriumph.org/photos.html
>
> near the bottom of the page. Not on a Jeep chassis,
> but rather a Suzuki Samuri with a V6.
>
> Doug
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg Rowe [mailto:growe58@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 10:54 PM
> > To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Unusual Spitfire Sighting
> >
> >
> >
> > I didn't expect to see a Spitfire while I was on vacation,
> > particularly in rather out of the way Wellsboro PA. But there
> > I am at the ice cream parlor with my back to the window when
> > my family's eyes suddenly get wide as they look out the window.
> > "Is that a SPITFIRE?". Now I've got them trained pretty good
> > in recognizing Triumphs, so their incredulity caused me to turn
> > around rather quickly. Well yeah, it was a Spitfire, at least
> > from the rocker panels up. Below, well I wasn't sure...
> >
> > Of course, I talked to the owner while he was ordering cones
> > and he told me that it was a Jeep CJ5 chassis with a Spitfire
> > body. Apparently, it had started life as a parts car, but he
> > couldn't abide wasting a good tub, so it was married to the Jeep.
> > Probably practical around there with lots of mountains and unpaved
> > roads. Personally, we all thought the looks were rather, uh,
> > awkward, but I do admire his motives. Certainly very little of
> > the Spitfire personality could have survived, however...
> >
> > It surely made my day, however.
> >
> > Greg Rowe
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