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Re: Spitfire rear spoiler...

To: SUCHAK <suchak@mediaone.net>
Subject: Re: Spitfire rear spoiler...
From: Charlie Brown <cb1500@erols.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 18:04:03 -0700
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <33F4523F.26E9@mediaone.net>
John, 

I know we haven't seen eye-to-eye in the past, but this information 
may have saved me a lot of aggrivation. I was planning to mold some sort 
of a fiberglass fabrication. 

It's now my turn to thank you!

Charlie B.


> 
> (Purists, press the Delete key now please....)
> 
> Okay so originality is not a really strong motivator for me, and I
> wanted a small spoiler for the back of my '77 Spit, so I've spent the
> last few months measuring OEM spoilers in parking lots and such..
> Everything has been either too big, or shaped funny, or designed for a
> curved mounting surface.
> 
> Well, whilst poking around at my favorite wrecking yard I found a
> spoiler off an '89 Hyundai that is exactly the right width, height,
> contour and style!  I mean, it's almost unnatural!   The rear edge
> matches the line of the rear of the car almost exactly, the turndowns on
> the side are radiused exactly as the tops of the quarter panels.  It's
> got a 3rd brake lamp in the center that blends back into the spoiler in
> the front leaving plenty of room to reach the trunk release..



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