Rich,
Actually... No. The '73 and '74 USA 1500's were exactly that, Spitfire
1500's. They were not, and are not, called the Mk.IV 1500's as so many
owners wrongfully call them. They were transitional vehicles, but they
were most definately not Spitfire Mk.IV's. They were (and remain)
Spitfire 1500's. I, and others, have had to prove this so very often, on
so many other lists, that it's not worth (to me) getting to much more
into it, but if you continue reading, youll find what I mean. Or even
click on an original Triumph Spit magazine advertisement for sale on eBay
(there are many). You know the one with Ginger Lacy, the Spitfire ace?
Shows him in his plane, with a Spit car in foreground. Clearly marked as
the "New 1973 Triumph Spitfire 1500".
Gary
P.S. If straight, the record can not be made 'even straighter!'
On Thu, 9 May 2002 14:45:25 +0100 Richard Gosling
<richard.gosling@exprogroup.com> writes:
> Wouldn't a '73 be a MkIV (albeit with 1500 engine for the States),
> rather
> than an actual Spitfire 1500?
>
> Since the 1500 engine was never fitted to the MkIV in the UK (and I
> am
> assuming that Suzie's questioner is in the UK, the TSSC being a
> predominately UK organisation), that would mean that no 1500 in the
> UK
> should have a cable-driven tach as standard.
>
> Just to set the record even straighter!
>
> Richard & Daffy
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