I have a '70 Spit that has a Spitfire IV badge on the front. I have no
doubts that the badge is wrong, but the body is original. Since it's a
late '70, I'm not sure if the badge is because a PO lost the bullseye badge
that should be there, or the factory ran out and started putting the wrong
badge on...
Andy L.
At 07:17 PM 2/20/01 +0100, Eric Kieboom wrote:
>
>Listers,
>
>While rummaging around on www.ebay.com, I came across Item #561779232 -
>described as a "1978 Triumph Spitfire IV". The pictures show what looks
>like a Federal spec post '77 body (post '77 column switchgear, too), with a
>'Spitfire IV' badge on the bonnet and missing centre armrest and kneepads.
>According to the seller, the commission number is "fm70546uoc", which would
>make it a right hand drive (!) federal _and_ Californian spec 1978 Spit
>1500 with overdrive. Yet there is no mention of overdrive in the ad and no
>overdrive switch to be seen on the pics. Also, the owners stresses the
>point that this car won't pass CA smog tests.
>
>What is this? Another 'bitsa' Spit?
>
>Cheers,
>
>--
>Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands
>1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green
>http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
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