[TR] an article for the afternoon...

[Jim Muller]

On 7 Mar 2008 at 14:24, David Templeton wrote:

> FYI, not an overly bad synopsis of the Spitfire
>
> http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/bv/63-80spitfire.htm

Hmmmmmmm.  The writer sez:
> The Mark IV (now using Roman numerals) replaced the Mark 3 for
> 1971. Its most outstanding feature was replacement of the old
> swing axles with a fully articulated independent rear suspension,
> a la the GT6.

That would have been a nice upgrade but it isn't BL did, unless they 
put a different suspension on the U.S. cars as for Canada cars.  The 
Mk IV got the swing-spring, a variant of the original suspension, not 
the GT6's "fully articulated independent rear suspension".


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Jim Muller
jimmuller at rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+