On 25 Jul 1997, Vincenti, Ross wrote:
> Joseph - During the early years of Spitfire production runs the factory was
> inadvertently shipped a batch of springs that were the wrong length - i.e.,
> too short. The "short" springs have a dab of light blue paint on them
> (clean off all the grime and you'll see it) versus the "normal" height
> springs which have a dab of green paint on them.
>
> In order to make up the height difference the factory fitted some early
> Spits with an aluminum spring spacer that fits on top of the spring and
> under the turrent.
Also worth noting is that many U.S.-destined Heralds (maybe Spitfires as
well; I'm not sure at the moment) had such spacers for the LHS front
spring only, probably to compensate for driver and controls being on the
LHS of the car (as was the fuel tank on Heralds).
FWIW....
--Andy
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