> ANDY L. wrote:
>
> ...proud owner of a 1970 Triumph Spitfire...Obviously from the
> shape of the body it is a Mark III, but the badge on the bonnet says
> SPITFIRE IV. The boot badge say TRIUMPH, with nothing else noted...
> Everything that I've read to date
> has indicated that the bonnet should be mark Spitfire Mk3 on the front
> left. The Boot should have the standard cursive marking instead on the
> block letters on mine. And the quater panels should have the Spitfire
> bulls-eye symbols, which they are definiatly not....
On 23 Oct 1997 Martin_A._Secrest@NEB.VOA.GOV replied:
> Not exactly. The trunk-boot badge should say TRIUMPH. Both rear wings
> and the bonnet should say SPITFIRE. Obviously the bonnet badge is incorrect,
> since you do not have a Mark IV. Nice car!
And Bill Munts added:
> Bullseye on the front left of the bonnet (expensive little bugger)
> Spitfire on the rear quater panels
> Triumph on the right corner of the boot - block letters
>
> I'm pretty sure that is how the badges are supposed to be....
Right, Bill, or at least as "right" as anyone can be in documenting
details on these cars. :-) The "Roundel" badge on the bonnet is a neat
badge. I should have bought a bunch of them years ago when there was a
boxful at the TRF display during a VTR Convention, but I didn't. :-(
Now, my question to you three: do any of you have the "correct" original
U.S.-spec. stop/tail lamp lens, which is NOT the same as the 1962-69
Spitfire? :-)
--Andy
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