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Re: triumph false advertising

To: Tom Carney <tcarney@concentric.net>
Subject: Re: triumph false advertising
From: Martin Libhart <mlibhart@feist.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 09:02:09 -0500
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net, spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
References: <199804051849.OAA27675@marconi.concentric.net>
Tom Carney wrote:

> I picked up a postcard at a car show that talks about the
> GT6.  I am curious about the pictures that it shows.  One
> pic has a woman sitting on the rear deck of a car!  Maybe I
> am using the wrong material for my car but I dont think
> that millboard could support 120lbs...  Then it also shows
> an interior shot, but it's no GT6.  I think it is a
> spitfire..did spitfires have vinyl covered dashes at one
> time?  Keep in mind that these pictures are "original
> manufacturer's illustrations."
> Tom
> As you can see I am bored...

Tom:

There were indeed versions of the Spitfire with a vinyl covered
instrument panel.  My 1970 MK. III (federal version) has an original
black vinyl-covered panel.  Shape and configuration is same as on the
MK. IV's, since it is the U.S. version.

Martin Libhart
1970 Spitfire
1972 TR6



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