John,
Those rear bumperettes are very subtle and fit well with the lines of the car.
Considering James' recent experience with being rear-ended by another driver,
he'd be foolish to leave what little protection they afford off his car. And
I know he's not foolish. His recent purchase proves it. ;-) Excellent
taste, young man, excellent taste!
As for me, I was never more happy that I had those little bumpers than the
time an errant woman packed out of her parking space at the grocery store and
smacked into the back of my Spitfire with her minivan. I happened to be
sitting in the car at the time... Amazingly, the bumper protected the rear
corner as designed. The plastic lenses weren't even cracked. That sold me.
Take care,
Jeff in San Diego
1968 Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
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----- Original Message -----
From: JohnZissler@aol.com
To: j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk ; vafred@erols.com
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 5:37 AM
Subject: Re: Didn't take me long... new Spit
Hi James, well we had a look at the photos of your 'baby' and looked at the
reg number , the only bit of fun I can come up with for XTG is X Tra
Go.
Just a small point and that is the rear bumpers. After looking at the rear
of
yours, I am very seriously considering leaving mine off. Do you not think
that
the Spit has some good curved lines at the rear ? Also it looks a little
less
cluttered at the back. Hmmmm.
Anyway James have fun, lots of it....................
ps Ann says to call your new 'baby' Miss Poppy (cos of the colour)
Happy Spitting..................John (In the UK)
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