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1. Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: "Suzie" <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:29:04 -0000; I was at the local TSSC meet last night & one guy was talking about the brand new Spitfire Mk III he bought in 1969 - with the 'optional' heater included. Even allowing for exporting such a large pro; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00964.html (7,472 bytes)
2. Re: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: Dean Rayner <deanr@saville.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:55:07 +0000; on 17/3/00 9:29 am, Suzie at suzie_bear@hotmail.com spoke forth: I think in this case it was optional, but they all had them fitted for the UK market. Perhaps an excuse to push the price up in the sh; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00965.html (8,046 bytes)
3. RE: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: "Banbury, Terrence" <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:57:32 -0500; Every Spit I've seen here (U.S.A.) has a heater. Given the fact that the heater is not located in a readily accessible place and that the hoses, windscreen vents, etc. would have been eliminated, I d; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00978.html (9,260 bytes)
4. Re: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:12:37 -0700; I think he is mistaken! Isn't it wonderful how the memory plays tricks on you! Joe -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00982.html (8,075 bytes)
5. Re: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: SJagGo@aol.com; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:54:01 EST; 1964 Spitfire POE (port of entry) price $2199 for East Coast, Gulf Ports and Great Lakes. $2249 for West Coast. Accessories as Optional Equipment Heater and windshield washer $64 Tonneau cover $35 W; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00989.html (7,998 bytes)
6. Re: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:16:22 -0700; I just looked in the Thomason book and much to my surprise, the "Heater Kit" was listed under Accessories for the Mk1 and 2 models but under Special Orders on the Mk3. I would have thought that it wo; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00990.html (8,810 bytes)
7. RE: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: "Banbury, Terrence" <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:17:25 -0500; What is the source of your info?; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00991.html (9,041 bytes)
8. RE: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:28:01 -0500; I don't remember them being optional on the Spitfire, perhaps Andy Mace does. But heaters were optional on TR3s and 4s. Never understood the logic like you said, but we are talking about Standard-Tri; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00992.html (9,468 bytes)
9. Re: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: AH1962SP@aol.com; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:34:56 EST; It's probably the same thing as a TR4A with IRS it was an option but you couldn't buy one without it Bruce Cincinnati 1959 spriteMKl 1962spriteMKll 1968 spriteMKlV 1966 triumph spitfireMKll; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00993.html (8,083 bytes)
10. Re: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: nikolai jaremka <njaremka@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:45:26 -0800 (PST); i had reaad somewhere that the early tr4-a's sold in the us were fitted with the solid axle because either the dealer's or triumph thought that the buyers wouldn't want to pay the extra amout it cost; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00994.html (8,870 bytes)
11. RE: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: "Bowen, Patrick A RP2" <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:02:47 -0500; I don't know on MK IIIs but I do know on the first spits made it was an option, or more correctly it was an option not to have one. In fact when Spitfires were first rolled out for their Car show deb; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00996.html (9,800 bytes)
12. Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:36:36 -0800; I would imagine a lot of this was a direct result of the dealers ordering policies as well. In years past (read MANY) I was pricing out an Austin Healey here in Western Canada. The only dealer had th; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01004.html (9,041 bytes)
13. RE: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: "Banbury, Terrence" <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 13:06:14 -0500; This means my Mk III is "loaded" with "all the options" (except OD, drat)! Wow. (Note sarcasm in my voice.) Terry; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01012.html (11,085 bytes)
14. RE: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: "Banbury, Terrence" <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 13:15:53 -0500; I have that book. It is very informative. I would have thought by 1967, with Spitfires being Triumph's biggest selling model in the USA, (I believe that was in the book), it would have been standard.; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01014.html (11,044 bytes)
15. Re: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: "Stefan Roundy" <stefanr@bealenet.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 13:09:06 -0500; I have 2 TR4A partscars with straight axles. They are rare, but definitely out there. Cheers! Stefan --Original Message-- From: AH1962SP@aol.com <AH1962SP@aol.com> To: spitlist@gte.net <spitlist@gte.; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01017.html (8,923 bytes)
16. Re: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine); Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:02:57 -0800; beasties too. Laura Vita brevis est: rapide agite, vigore strigate! -- Original Message -- From: Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.) <dmitchel@ford.com> To: 'Joe Curry' <spitlist@gte.net>; Suzie <suzie_bear@ho; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01034.html (10,610 bytes)
17. Re: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: "Suzie" <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 20:11:07 -0000; Possibly, we all questioned that but he was adamant. He said he still has the original sales receipt with it listed like that. Someone else had brought a copy of the first Vitesse ad & that offered a; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01039.html (9,136 bytes)
18. Re: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: "Suzie" <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 20:32:02 -0000; Thanks guys, I'll take a copy of this along to the next meet to back up Barry's story to the rest of the guys. I still can't imagine anyone opting *not* to have a heater in the UK though maybe there; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01041.html (9,488 bytes)
19. Re: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:50:26 -0700; When I bought my MGTD (in England, 1972) it had no heater. I drove it around there for a year then shipped it back to Texas where I drove it 2 more years before selling it. Never really bothered me; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01048.html (10,021 bytes)
20. Re: Optional Extras (score: 1): Author: Roger Elliott <relliott@cjnetworks.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 18:13:34 -0600; It is my understanding that the US dealers pestered Triumph to make the TR4A available as a solid axle to give customers a cheaper version to buy. About 1/3 of the 4A's coming into the US were solid; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01049.html (8,178 bytes)

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