Re: The International Triumph Spitfire Database<98Feb2.093527gmt.66305@gateway.ukaea.org.uk>

[RICHARD.JACKSON@NENE.AC.UK]

>How does one tell which engin is in the thing.  Will compression
>be a good indecator, with my old 1500 head, I guess it would be less
>than with the 1300 head.


I don't know if the compression is different, but the give away would be the
stroke, you may be able to measure this somehow by taking a plug out, you
probably just have a late 1300 herald engine.

>Does this meen that I can claim my car is older than 25 years old
>for tax purposes.

Nope.

>More to the point do I get cheaper insurance?

Porbably nope, they'll more than likely say the car is modified, and bump it up
a bit.  :-)

Rich