In a message dated 7/5/2008 1:20:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mike.vasquez@gmail.com writes:
For some reason, I had always thought '75 was the last year of chrome
bumpers, then somewhere I thought it was '78, but then I saw a '78
that apeared to have bumper, and got all confused. Can someone
authoritatively straighten me out?
==AM==
1974 was the first model year to have anything of substance, in the form of
the rear frame extensions and the almost cone-shaped rubber overriders front
and rear. In 1975, they went to the big, more squared-off rubber overriders
front and rear, and the rear bumper also got that big overlay in the center
section.
The "all-rubber" front and rear bumpers came in for mid-1979 and continued
through the end of sales of the Spitfire in the US.
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and
Triumph Herald Database at its new URL: _http://triumph-herald.us_
(http://triumph-herald.us/)
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