On 7 Mar 2008 at 14:24, David Templeton wrote:
> FYI, not an overly bad synopsis of the Spitfire
>
> http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/bv/63-80spitfire.htm
Hmmmmmmm. The writer sez:
> The Mark IV (now using Roman numerals) replaced the Mark 3 for
> 1971. Its most outstanding feature was replacement of the old
> swing axles with a fully articulated independent rear suspension,
> a la the GT6.
That would have been a nice upgrade but it isn't BL did, unless they
put a different suspension on the U.S. cars as for Canada cars. The
Mk IV got the swing-spring, a variant of the original suspension, not
the GT6's "fully articulated independent rear suspension".
--
Jim Muller
jimmuller@rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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