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Re: Grey Spitfire bumpers, Spit/GT6 valences, tool loans

To: Fiona Bayrock <fbayrock@rapidnet.net>
Subject: Re: Grey Spitfire bumpers, Spit/GT6 valences, tool loans
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 22:19:14 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Fiona Bayrock wrote:

> a member in our club has grey bumpers too, and he maintains that some of
> the late Spitfires came that way.  I was skeptical too, but listening to
> your story, maybe it is true... Andy Mace - what do you have to add to this
> topic?

Not much, I'm afraid. Perhaps the grey is simply fading over time? Common 
enough with some of the earlier "black" plastic bumpers on lots of cars. 
I don't ever remember seeing anything but black on new cars on the dealer's 
lot (which I used to frequent often).

> I was recently given a catalogue of Herald/Vitesse/Spitfire/GT6 interior
> trim from Newton Commercial in England...
> I know nothing of these people, but they seem to say all the right things. 
> Their e-mail address is newtoncomm@anglianet.co.uk 

>From all that I've heard, they're about the best around for the "SC" 
(small car, or Herald range) interiors. Unfortunately, they don't do some 
of the early Herald colors such as Phantom Grey, Coffee.... :-(

--Andy

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