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Re: mgb vs spitfire

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Subject: Re: mgb vs spitfire
From: Dave Quirt <quirt@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 20:27:22 -0600
Trevor:

I gotta disagree with you. What you are describing (with respect to a
driver's entire body view) best describes a TR3, not a Spit!! Yes, Spits
are a 'poor man's E-type' and are smaller, but they are actually quite
roomy when compared to a Spridget. Perhaps not as roomy as a MGB or
TR4/5/250/6, but roomier than a MGA and similar to the TR3 in that
department.

Dave Q.
Neuhorst, SK

As & Bs
TR3A
former Spit owner ('70 & '78)


> From Trevor Boicey:
>
>> Max Heim wrote:
>> I have a buddy that is also fascinated by the look of Spitfires. He has the
>> excuse that one was his first car (that wasn't a hand-me-down from his
>> parents). They have a curvaceous, mini-E-Type shape -- I can see how it
>> would be appealing from a visual standpoint.
>
> ...a point raised very often though is that the Spitfire looks very 
>unproportioned when it has a rider.<
>
> The still pictures of the car kind of have a "poor man's mini e-type" look, 
>but the car is in reality a lot smaller in ways that become evident when a 
>person sites inside.<
>
> Anyone riding in one tends to look like a giant from another planet and the 
>poor car is about to snap in
half beneath them.<
>
> If the driver is even slightly big, it's just comical. You can see their 
>entire body from the belt up above the tiny doors. ;> <

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