Terry Thompson wrote:
>
> The first Spitfire ever to roll off of the assembly
> lines in 1962 had front disc brakes. A feature not
> added to Jaguars costing three times the price of a
> Spitfire, for another 5 years! Cars like the MG Midget
> and Austin Healey Sprite (the Spitfire's target
> competition) didn't incorporate the front discs for
> close to 10 years after the Spitfire's inception.
Who am I to stop this thread of self-congratulatory
misinformation... but...
The MkI Midget for 1963 had front discs. (aka the mkII
sprite) It was a mid series switch, the series started in
1961 and the MkII didn't come out until 1964.
So replace "close to 10 years" with "close to 1 year". ;>
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