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Re: The International Triumph Spitfire Database

To: RICHARD.JACKSON@NENE.AC.UK
Subject: Re: The International Triumph Spitfire Database
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 08:40:57 -0800
Cc: Zink <zink@pdq.net>, James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>, triumphs mail list <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Organization: Curry Enterprises
References: <01IT3YFF4Q1C0000WB@holly.nene.ac.uk>
RICHARD.JACKSON@NENE.AC.UK wrote:
> 
> >The registration year of a vehicle is based on the year the chassis and body
> >where manufactured,  not what engine is in it.  If your car is a '79, you
> >could put a '70 engine in it, and it will still be a '79.
> 
> Unless you happen to have a log book for a 1970 Spit, then you can do it and
> you won't have to pay road tax either, you'll have to change the registration
> of the car aswell, but it can be done!!!
> 
> Now did I say it was legal??????? :-)
> 
> Rich

Rich,
It is completely "legal", as long as the trooper who pulls you over
doesn't know anything about Spitfires.  For us who do, it's a "Dead"
giveaway.

Joe
-- 
"Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible
 to travel across the country coast to coast without seeing
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