Since there was a large overlap in the production of the Mk3 and the MkIV, I
suspect it could very likely be the latter possibility. I
think Triumph was trying to use up a lot of round bodies before discontinuing
production of the Mk3 and as they ran out of trim pieces,
they may have used whatever was available.
Joe
"Dr. Faustus" wrote:
>
> 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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