Right you are fearless leader...If you have TRF's Spitfire mini-book, it
has some good illustrations of the seats. BTW, the seat frames are also
different between the Mk3 and the MkIV...as I found out when I began to
rebuild the seats in my Mk3 and discovered that the foam kit didn't fit
properly.
Cheers
Keith Stewart
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> From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
> To: Atwell Haines <carbuff@tempest.nac.net>
> Cc: Reed Mideke <rmideke@interbase.com>; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: How I spent my weekend (long & rambling)
> Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 11:04 AM
>
> > At 05:22 PM 9/14/98 -0700, Reed Mideke wrote:
> > >
> > > Trivia: the new seats are black with fixed head rests. Anyone
> > > know what era spit they're from ?
>
> On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Atwell Haines wrote:
>
> > Perhaps they are from a GT6?
>
> As others have pointed out, they could be from a '71 or '72 Mk.IV
> Spitfire, but they also could be from a '69 or '70 Mk.3. It's a slightly
> different style, but still has fixed headrests (U.S. cars, of course).
>
> --Andy
>
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