Jack,
One possible explanation might have to do with vehicle inspection
finding something wrong which required fixing prior to shipment. The
vehicle would have been returned to one of the various shops to fix the
problem and then put back into the shipping queue! Who knows, It's a
possibility!
Joe
McGaheyRx@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 12/20/99 7:29:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> Chip19474@aol.com writes:
>
> << I just got my Build Certificate for the Spitfire.....interesting
> observation
> - the time lapse between build date (11/18/69) and dispatch date (11/25/69)
> ... 7 days .... is pretty quick turnaround compared to my TR6 which had a 5
> month lapse between build (7/76) and dispatch (12/76).
>
> I guess the Spit's were selling fast in the fall of 1969 with no traditional
> summertime factory strikes to slow down shipments to the states!!??
> >>
>
> Chip
> Thats a pretty short gap between build and dispatch - maybe yours was
> one of the last cars they needed to fill the ship :-)
> My early 73 TR6 (CF870U) was built 10 Oct 72 and dispatched 30 Nov 72.
> I recall comparing this gap with another early 73 TR6 owner and his
> had an earlier build date, and correspondingly lower commission #,
> but was "dispatched" over a month AFTER mine was !
> Could this be beacuse mine was red and his was white (i think) ?
> Who knows. This may be one of those Triumph things for which there
> really is no logical explanation.
> Cheers
> Jack Mc
--
"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
-- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
|