From: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
> 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".
Oh good. It's not just me.
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