I can safely say that a Spitfire (mine) will turn a complete circle inside that
of a 65 VW beetle (my daughter's)
Joe
"Graziano, Michael" wrote:
>
> Hmmmm.... I'll have to measure my turning circle
>
> Mike
> '78 midget
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott A. Roberts [mailto:herald1200@home.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:16 AM
> To: Eric Kieboom; Terry Thompson; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Something nice about the Spit!
>
> Can't be any tighter than the Herald turning circle.....
>
> Scott
> 64 Herald 1200 Convertible(From which sprang forth the Spitfire...)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Kieboom" <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
> To: "Terry Thompson" <firespiter@yahoo.com>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 9:54 AM
> Subject: Re: Something nice about the Spit!
>
> >
> > At 20:40 13-3-2001 -0800, Terry Thompson wrote:
> >
> > >The spitfire also has one of the smallest turning
> > >radius of any four wheeled production street vehicle
> > >made, under 25 ft. [...] I think the
> > >midget might have a smaller turn, but I'm too tired to
> > >scrounge for the information (yawn).
> >
> > The Spitfire definitely has the smallest turning circle of any
> four-wheeled
> > production vehicle. That includes London Taxis, which are often mentioned
> > for their small turning circles.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands
> > 1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green
> > http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
>
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