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Re: Nomenclature

To: Craig Smith <smi2685@ibm.net>
Subject: Re: Nomenclature
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 00:23:36 -0500 (EST)
Cc: Triumph Mail list <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Craig Smith wrote:

> My # is FK 30379 UE
> 72 Spitfire what does this tell me about my little car ?

That you have a 1972, U.S.-specification, low-compression 1296cc Spitfire 
engine in your car. (That is an engine number you give, not a commission 
number.) Not a bad engine, really, but only about 48 (net) hp according 
to most published figures.

--Andy

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