On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Joe Curry wrote:
> In Reply to my request for tips, Jari Tabell (one of our Spitfire
> Brothers in Finland) suggested that a list of parts from other vehicles
> that are compatible with Spitfires be created...I think this is an
> excellent idea....
Sounds good to me as well.
> If anybody out
> there cares to take on this effort....
Nope, Joe, I'm not volunteering, either. And while I appreciate that the
thought of such a cross-reference refers in part to parts from other makes
(i.e., Volvo) of cars, a cross-reference within the Triumph family can be
useful as well. Note that the older factory spare parts catalogues (the
ones originally in those wonderful grey ring binders) contained an index
of parts in numerical order. Within that index is a cross-reference
(where applicable) of other Triumph models using the same parts number.
I've always thought that a "master" compilation of all those numerical
indices into a database program would be a nice weekend project for a good
data entry person. :-) Yes, to some degree The Roadster Factory price
list does this, but missing there is the reference (in most all cases) to
Herald/Vitesse, 2000/2.5 saloon, 1300/1500/Toledo/Dolomite, etc.
Anyone with good typing skills or a good OCR scanner, and way too much time
on their hands? :-)
--Andy
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