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Re: What ever happened to 1972(75) Spirfire MKIV FM28382U

To: John Baker <dmjbaker@erols.com>, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: What ever happened to 1972(75) Spirfire MKIV FM28382U
From: "Douglas Mitchell" <dmitchel@ford.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 07:25:37 -0400 "What ever happened to 1972(75) Spirfire MKIV FM28382U" (Oct 14, 8:06pm)
References: <34440911.4D4@erols.com>
On Oct 14,  8:06pm, John Baker wrote:
> Subject: What ever happened to 1972(75) Spirfire MKIV FM28382U
> Hello,
>
> I used to own a 1972 Spitfire MKIV Commision # FM28382U that was titled
> as a 1975 (long story) I know that it had a 'D' type overdrive and was
> painted red.
>
> The car was sold in San Antonio TX to a used car dealer, and that was
> the last that I had ever heard about it.
>
> Thank You
> John
>-- End of excerpt from John Baker


>From the commission number, there is no way this could be a 1972
MKIV. Mark IVs had a prefix of FK, not FM. My '73 1500 is FM4879U.
How you got someone to register it as a '72 is beyond me.

Doug Mitchell
dmitchel@ismi.net
dmitchel@ford.com
'73 Spitfire 1500 - FM4879U

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