It has always been my understanding that Arizona is not a big market
for convertibles.  No relief from the sun, or so I thought.  Too bad
because as you point out, the steel bodies should last indefinitely.
As far as I know, about half of export Spitfire production went to
California. 
Cheers!
Tom O'Malley <'74 Spit under a hot NE moon just now> 
On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 19:24:53 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi gang,
>
>As I'm reading all of the "sighting" posts, I keep thinking about how 
>strange it is that I never seem to see any LBC's around here.  I live in 
>Phoenix, where the climate is just about perfect for the longevity of a car 
>- no rain, no salt on the roads, no snow, etc.  You would think there would 
>be tons of great old cars tooling around - especially convertibles, since 
>the weather is usually so beautiful.  But no LBC's, it seems.
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