I have a green Chrono, too, and it also has the older-style horn logo upside
down.
My full-scale '72 MK IV has the same logo, which is correct for that year.
I also have a "Sun Star" version of that model in red, which has the soft top
raised (and non-removable).
It also has the upside-down logo!
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 09:11 PM 2/6/03 -0500, Scott A. Roberts wrote:
>Hi Guys-
>I just was at a local auto parts store(the competition) and they had a few 1/8
>scale metal cars on clearance- $9.99, so I bought two- the last Miata(for my
>sister) and the last Spitfire- a 70 MkIV in BRG. I was just enjoying the
>detailing in this one, H1041 from "Chrono" when I noticed one small, but
>really wrong detail- The horn button emblem. I had thought that it had been
>changed from a Triumph "Truncated dragon wings" late in the 60's to the word
>"Triumph". Regardless, they had that badge, but wholly inverted in the middle
>of the wheel! It does not appear to be a decal, rather airbrushed on.
>Beautifully done(well, for the price) but upside down.
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