...true..true... and wasn't the Spit design based on the Herald
running gear to begin with?
still... we DO have the TR's beat!
Paul Tegler
1973 MGBGT - Daily Driver
1975 Spitfire - in Cherry shape
1980 Spitfire - in re-hab
1978 Spitfire - in Supurb Shape!
wizrardz@toad.net
http://www.teglerizer.com
(see 'Projects' for MG and Triumph Stuff)
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
To: wizardz <wizardz@toad.net>
Cc: Laura Gharazeddine <Laura.G@141.com>; Simmons, Reid W
<reid.w.simmons@intel.com>; spitfires@autox.team.net
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, August 14, 1999 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: Spits @ LeMans
>On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, wizardz wrote:
>
>> Hey.... if the TR series (all of them ) were so hot...
>> they would have out sold the Spit. WHICH THEY DIDN'T!
>> More Spits were produced than any other Trump ever.
>
>Well, in fairness, that honor of "most produced Triumph" would go to the
>Spitfire's "father": the Herald line, with nearly half a million total.
>The Herald 1200 saloon ALONE accounted for over 200,000 sales. Total
>sales of all models of Spitfire was a bit over 300,000. No other Triumph
>models come all that close to either Spitfire or Herald!
>
>--Andy
>
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