Hi Laura!
Cars can be built in one year to be introduced as the next year's
model. This usually happens in the fall of the preceding year -- I had
two 1970 Spits, one spring 1970 and one fall 1969. They were both
registered as 1970 models.
Otherwise, how could we have the 2000 Neon out already??? They're
pushing the envelope...
Keep Triumphing,
Susan Hensley :)
Laura G. wrote:
>
> Love those white topped round tails!!!
>
> SOmetimes the DMV does need explaining. A friend of mine just got a '76
> Spit-he's puzzled because on the door plate, it says "Aug.'76"-but on the
> registration it says '77.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Laura G. and Nigel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
> To: Scions of the Spitfire <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, May 20, 1999 7:18 AM
> Subject: Re: top [was interior] colors
>
> >
> >On Thu, 20 May 1999, Kirby T. Kenyon wrote:
> >
> >> ...my car is listed with motor vehicles as being green / tan
> >> but the soft top is black. Does anyone know if they offered a tan soft
> top
> >> (hood) in '80? The PO can't remember it ever having a tan top. I can't
> >> imagine that the interior color would be listed as a body color for motor
> >> vehicle purposes.
> >
> >I never heard of such a thing, either. But I also don't think there ever
> >was a tan top offered (under normal circumstances) by the factory. Black
> >was the "norm," although ISTR white tops might have been available at
> >least on the early Mk.IV models. I know white tops were a bit more common
> >on the older round-tail Spitfires.
> >
> >--Andy
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