Re: Chromed windshield frame?

[Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>]

>In one of the foreign (french?) Spitfire advertisements I saw on someone's 
>web page, the windshield frame was in flat black.  The appearance was
>rather striking.  
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all 1970 Spitfires and GT6's had this treatment done from the factory (at
least here in the USA).  It was (from what I have read) an attempt to make
the windscreen appear larger.  I personally didn't care for the look - and
on my 70 GT6 I left it body color

Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net

72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire (long term project)