Hi Joe (and the rest of you Spitfire fans)
An old friend called me over the weekend. Her husband and I spent many
evenings wrenching on Spitfires in our past. Unfortunately, he passed away
some years ago, and left behind a Spitfire he was working on. She has
finally decided to keep it and restore it to original condition, and asked
me for some help.
First of all, I suppose we need to sort out the question on whether the
parts are original or not. The registration says the car is a '65, but it's
definitely an early MkIII. The engine is out of the car and sitting on the
ground. The tranny is beside the engine.
The numbers are:
Commission number FD23467 L
Body number 23261 FD
Trim/Paint 56 27
under the trim/paint code there is '2040'
Engine Number RD 62947HE (is this correct?)
Tranny FC60040
It has a wooden centre dash/fascia. It has a hardtop (!), attached soft
top, seats are medium height with raisable headrests. It has 2 piece hub
caps/wheel trims (centre cap solid, larger wheel cover is a grater/salad
spinner design). It has beehive-type lenses for signals (red) and reversing
lights (white) in the rear. It appears to have a 4-into-1 tubular header.
So, what can you knowledgeable fellows tell me about the car?
Michael
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