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RE: Spitfire, MK I/II, Upper Dash Crash Pads

To: "'Triumphs'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Spitfire, MK I/II, Upper Dash Crash Pads
From: Ralph Jannelli <rjannelli@uncc.campus.mci.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 22:21:47 -0500
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I concur with Andy's comments the difference in the windscreen would 
necessitate a different design of the top dash pad.

>Well, I'm really going out on a limb, because I can't easily what I'm
>about to speculate on here. I believe that there must have been some
>difference between even the "late" Mk.3 (Federal, especially) and the
>Mk.IV dashes. The earlier dash pads basically went under the bolt-on
>windscreen frame. The Mk.IV dashes slope down more towards the base >of 
the glass, which is a bit deeper owing to the redesigned cowl area,
>where the windscreen frame became permanently a part of the cowl.

>Does that sound right, gang?

>--Andy

Ralph Jannelli
Charlotte NC
'72 Spit
'65 Spit

 


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