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1. Newbie questions (score: 1): Author: "Ali Mohempour" <ali@ucla.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:03:04 -0700; Hi everyone, I'm new to the list...in fact I'm a proud new owner of a '79 Spitfire 1500 (first non-japanese car I owned ever!) The door jam says '78 but the title and paper work says '79. It does com; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00914.html (8,527 bytes)
2. Re: Newbie questions (score: 1): Author: "Bradley D. Richardson" <brichard@us.oracle.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:52:16 -0700; Welcome aboard. I also have a spitfire that is titled as a 79, but the door jam plate says it was made in March 78, and it has the chrome bumbers. I thought I was the only one. My guess has always b; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00920.html (9,770 bytes)
3. Re: Newbie questions (score: 1): Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine); Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 12:54:29 -0700; Good day, Aviators I think there was some discussion about the '79 issue a few months ago-and I think Brad is right. Laura G. and Nigel -- Original Message -- From: Bradley D. Richardson <brichard@us; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00923.html (10,761 bytes)
4. RE: Newbie questions (score: 1): Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:37:34 -0600; I seem to remember a thread about this recently, where it was stated that the manufacture date and the titled date differ due to the dealers' titling date (i.e.the date it was sold vs. the date it wa; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00929.html (11,143 bytes)
5. Re: Newbie questions (score: 1): Author: "Edward Hamilton" <hamilton@ptd.net>; Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 16:39:15 -0400; Back in that era, many dealers titled a new car in the year that it was sold. In other words, your March '78 car could have sat on the lot from April to January of '79 before being sold. It was then; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00930.html (10,930 bytes)
6. Newbie Questions (score: 1): Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@comsavings.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:47:06 -0700; I also have one registered as a 79, with the chrome bumpers. 1. If your choices are to re-core or buy another one, you could take it to a rad shop and have it tested. I don't know the costs of new, b; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00933.html (8,226 bytes)
7. Re: Newbie questions (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:54:18 -0700; the 1978/1979 model years were rather a strange period for Triumph. It is because the models were actually offered in three distinct phases. The following is what I have learned from the BMIHT archi; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00935.html (12,387 bytes)
8. Re: Newbie questions (score: 1): Author: Gary Tash <tashg@bmi.net>; Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:54:49 -0700; My 1500 FM 90039U states, on the door plate, that it was made in May of 1978, does that square with, "In June of 1978, FM90001 was built?"; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00941.html (13,362 bytes)
9. Re: Newbie questions (score: 1): Author: nikolai jaremka <njaremka@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 04:06:09 -0700 (PDT); now, i had heard that back in those days it wasn't uncommon to title a car as the year it was sold, not made. for example, if a dealer had a 1974 Spitfire on his lot that didn't sell untill 1976, he; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00967.html (12,349 bytes)

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