Wow!!! THe most I've ever been able to cram into a spit was 4 grown-ups-and
that was on a rainy night with top up. Friendly drive to a club...
Oh, and I went to get my christmas tree in Nigel.
Laura G. and Nigel
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Miller <millerb@netusa1.net>
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, February 19, 1999 2:54 PM
Subject: RE: Subject: How big fits in a Spitfire
>No joke, back in my senior year (several years ago) in HS, my poor old '67
>spit (RIP) transported 11
>people to a party after a football game. Thank goodness I had a roll bar
>for people to hold on to. I remember shifting
>was fun :)
>
>Bill
>'78 spit now (no more than two people at a time now!)
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>>Back to the subject of squeezing into a LBC Jonny from Bangor or Richard
>>Jackson did claim to have driven a Spitfire or Herald with 18 people in
it.
>>All the seets had been removed, with softop removed and boot lid removed,
>>but all the same an achievement.
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>We once fit 8 full adult sized people in my girlfriends Mini-seats and all.
>Of course, we got stopped by the Carabinieri and told that half of us had
to
>get out. It was 2 am! We met down the street at a pub, had a drink and all
>got back in for the 40 min drive back home. I always felt that whole
evening
>was an achievement! <G>
>
>Laura G. and Nigel
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