[Spits] FW: Spitfire build quantity

[Joe Curry]

The first obstacle in trying to find the location of the 100,000th Spitfire
is to determine the actual commission number of the 100,000th vehicle.

As John explained, there is not much concrete documentation of all the Spits
that were produced since little remains of build records of all the units
produced in other countries from knocked down kits.

Since the BMIHT archives do not even have 100 percent verification on the
last commission number of certain year models, any such information would be
speculation at best.

We do know where the final car off the assembly line is, but there are even
people who suggest even that is not 100 percent verified.  I had one person
send me his commission number swearing that it was the last one built based
on some note scribbled inside one of is door panels when it came down the
assembly line.

I guess we just have to be satisfied that we have one or more of these
little beauties and let it go at that.

Joe C.

-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-bounces+spitlist=cox.net at autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-bounces+spitlist=cox.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Daniel Parrott
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 3:17 PM
To: Spitfires at autox.team.net
Subject: [Spits] FW: Spitfire build quantity

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Parrott [mailto:parrotthead01 at comcast.net] 
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 5:42 PM
To: 'John Macartney'
Subject: RE: [Spits] Spitfire build quantity

With the cover article on the August 2008 "Hemmings Sports and Exotics"
magazine on the "100,000 MGA," I wonder where just where the 100,000th
Spitfire is in the USA? In the world?