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RE: thrashing my spitfire - and other observations.

To: "'Richard Gosling'" <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>,
Subject: RE: thrashing my spitfire - and other observations.
From: Davies William-qswi646 <William.M.Davies@motorola.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 08:20:57 +0100
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Gosling [mailto:richard.gosling@exprogroup.com]
> 
> Finally, one minor historical correction.  The Spitfire engine first
> appeared (in 893cc form!) in a Standard car, and was only 
> ever used for
> cars. 

And a slight correction on the correction - the original capacity was 803cc
when it appeared in the Standard 8,
        Cheers,
                Bill.

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