If what Joe says is true,(and I have no reason to believe otherwise), it
would explain why my car has the "Spitfire" name on the bonnet that looks
like it should be part of the "Bullseye" type that used on earlier cars ...
except no bullseye. The boot badge is correct for the model and the year.
Correct me if I am wrong though ... Isn't the eBay car a 1977 model?
I would be very surprised that Triumph would use a MkIV badge on that late a
model car.
Stranger things have happened though.
Cheers,
*** Philip ***
1975 Spitfire 1500 - (otherwise known as 'CJ')
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From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Reply-To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 16:57:40 -0700
To: "Dr. Faustus" <dr_faustus@pcisys.net>
Cc: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Weird Spit on Ebay
Since there was a large overlap in the production of the Mk3 and the MkIV, I
suspect it could very likely be the latter possibility. I
think Triumph was trying to use up a lot of round bodies before
discontinuing production of the Mk3 and as they ran out of trim pieces,
they may have used whatever was available.
Joe
"Dr. Faustus" wrote:
>
> I have a '70 Spit that has a Spitfire IV badge on the front. I have no
> doubts that the badge is wrong, but the body is original. Since it's a
> late '70, I'm not sure if the badge is because a PO lost the bullseye badge
> that should be there, or the factory ran out and started putting the wrong
> badge on...
>
> Andy L.
>
> At 07:17 PM 2/20/01 +0100, Eric Kieboom wrote:
> >
> >Listers,
> >
> >While rummaging around on www.ebay.com, I came across Item #561779232 -
> >described as a "1978 Triumph Spitfire IV". The pictures show what looks
> >like a Federal spec post '77 body (post '77 column switchgear, too), with a
> >'Spitfire IV' badge on the bonnet and missing centre armrest and kneepads.
> >According to the seller, the commission number is "fm70546uoc", which would
> >make it a right hand drive (!) federal _and_ Californian spec 1978 Spit
> >1500 with overdrive. Yet there is no mention of overdrive in the ad and no
> >overdrive switch to be seen on the pics. Also, the owners stresses the
> >point that this car won't pass CA smog tests.
> >
> >What is this? Another 'bitsa' Spit?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >--
> >Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands
> >1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green
> >http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
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