On Mon, 1 Jun 1998 jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil wrote:
> Sam,
>
> Plastic dashes were an option (fairly unpopular, I haven't seen any, I
> think the factory ones were actually vinyl covered) on early '70 Sptifires
> and GT-6's, but they are very popular home retrofits.
>From what I have observed over the years, the 1969 model-year "Federal"
Spitfires introduced the black dash with black-rimmed gauges, the tach and
speedo being placed in front of the driver. For 1969 and, I think, at
least part-way through the 1970 model year, these "Federal" dashes were
plywood with a hard vinyl covering. By the 1971 Mk.IV (if not before) the
material changed to a plastic with the "vinyl grain" molded in.
--Andy
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