Well, I should have known better than to have assumed. Anyone with a Mk1-3
Spitfire find the same thing? The reason I ask is that I wound up making use
of that hole to mount an exhaust hanger temporarily, at least, and it got me
wondering why there would be a hole there to begin with. I figured it was
just on my frame, but then I was looking through Thomason's Spitfire Book of
Originality and noted the same drilled holes on an early Spitfire frame, just
like the one I have. And it just made me curious...
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Schwartz
To: Jeff McNeal
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 6:20 AM
Subject: Re: Frame trivia question
I'm afraid you've got me there, neither one of my frames has such a hole -
anywhere in the center of it (or near the center). There is a hole in each
corner on the bottom and it doesn't go all the way through, but that's
about it -
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>The rear crossmember on our Spitfire frames have a hole (.5" approx) all
the
>way through in the center. At least, mine does, and the photos of a Mk1
in
>John Thomason's book does, so I'm assuming they all do.
Barry Schwartz - San Diego -(bschwart@pacbell.net)
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