Those are the figures on the Log Book and I checked with the numbers on the
car. They match.
It is the only FD16* on the International Spitfire Database
http://home1.gte.net/spitlist/ but I made sure it was a 6 not a 5 way back
when I first checked. The car was first registered 21 June 1968 but Joe
tells me it's a very late 1967 model.
I do want to contact the BHIMT sometime to see if they can tell me any more
about it. I guess I'm even more curious now.
Suzie Bear
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Jell <thomas.jell@mchp.siemens.de>
To: <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>
Cc: <spitfires-digest@autox.team.net>; <jell@saturny.mch.sni.de>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: Spitfire Facts & Figures
>
> >I'm rather confused as they quote the first set of Mk III chassis numbers
> as being from FD1 - FD15306. Does that mean that I've spent all that money
> on a non-existent car as Baby Blue is FD16410?
>
> That's really interesting. My sources also show no 16k range. Is it
possible that some of the PO "reprinted" the original number introducing a
"small" mistake (wouldn't be the first time).
>
> MKIII
> No. Built: 65320
> Date Built: Jan 67 - Dec 70
> Co. No.: FDU for US market, LH had suffLix L
> Co. No.: Jan 67 - Dec 68, FD1 - FD15306, FD20000 - FD39375
> Co. No.: Jan 69 - Oct 69, FD39376 - FD51967
> Co. No.: Oct 69 - Dec 70, FD75000 - FD92803
>
> Tom
>
> "That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
> (stolen from Greg Petrolati)
>
> "Life is too short to drive boring cars!"
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