Right Roger,
I remember that answer also on this list and took it as truth at the time.
So perhaps it is just one of those conundrums that remains open ended. (Careful
of the spelling there!)
Cheers, Fred
Roger Elliott wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Laura Gharazeddine wrote:
>
> >
> > > I followed a Triumph link to an Italian Spitfire
> > > website. It was in Italian, but if my crude
> > > translation is correct, they did say that the M stands
> > > for Michelotti.
> >
> > I'm fluent in Italian, but I couldn't get that site to open for
>me...(figurati!) but, it does seem to me that I've heard that the M was for
>Michelotti.
> >
> > I saw a Michelotti at the Petersen Automotive Musuem this past summer-cute
>little one off open car with a wicker basket interior! The isignia's were all
>Michelotti-and it seems to me that the "M"s were the same as the M on the
>bonnet latches. In fact, I noticed rith off that the script on the badges was
>pretty much like the script on the round tails.
> >
> > Laura G.
> >
> >
> > Vita brevis est: rapide agite, vigore strigate!
> >
> I saw the article mentioning it stood for Michelotti, I wondered at the
> time as I remember seeing once it stood for Merlin and that merlin
> supplied the latches.
>
> Unfortunately, I am not sure of the source. It seems like it was on the
> Triumph list.
>
> Roger Elliott
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