On Fri, 30 Jun 1995, Bill Sohl Budd Lake wrote:
> In addition to Andy comments, it is worth mentioning that the commission
> number for the vehicle contains no identifying information about the
> car except for the fact that it is a Spitfire for the year mentioned
> (the FC is the Spitfire prefix and the low number indicates an early
> car in the production run). The "L" at the end indicates Left-hand
> drive and the absense of an "O" after the L indicates the car did not
> come with overdrive (an Overdrive car would be FC139 4LO).
True. It's worth noting, however, that overdrive was not an option on the
Spitfire until later in 1963, so it's not likely that a car this early
would carry an "O" in the commission number. (Of course, overdrive could
have been installed later.)
Andy Mace
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