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Re: Spitfire 4 - Instruments

To: bobvankempen@optusnet.com.au, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Spitfire 4 - Instruments
From: ZoboHerald@aol.com
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 01:51:23 EST
In a message dated 12/24/2001 4:52:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
bobvankempen@optusnet.com.au writes:


> I have recently (November) purchased a 1963 Spitfire 4...
>
> My initial question concerns the instruments.  The current fit has a
> speedometer and a combined fuel, battery and temperature guage (one is a
> Jaeger and the other a Smiths).  The instrument panel itself is a home made
> wooden affair.  Can anyone tell me what guages should go into the "Mk 1"
> and
> in what arrangement. I have been trying to find a picture of an early
> Spitfire dash but can't find one clear enough to see what make the guages
> are and what the specific layout should be.
>
It sounds as if what you have might be similar to the "combination" from a
Triumph 1300 or a Herald13/60. It is the same size (4") as the original
speedometer. Originally, your car would have had, in the center from left to
right: a small (2"?) fuel gauge, a 4" speedometer, a 4" tachometer, and a
small temperature gauge.

--Andy Mace

*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
 Triumph Herald engine with wings.
   -- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)

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