[Spits] Early Spitfire Hubcaps

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In a message dated 1/2/2010 1:33:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, TR250Driver 
 writes:

Yes that looks like the hubs. On a 69 huh? That's good info. Probably  more 
of those around than the very early Spitfires.  Now the 70's had  another 
style of hub cap, similar but w/o the two "Spitfire" embossing's  in the 
center, just plain, correct?  I hope so for I sold a NOS set of  those to Pat 
Davis for his 70 Spitfire MK 3 which was restored as original and  shown in 
Showroom Stock Concours at the VTR NATC in Valley Forge.  It is  a sweet 
little car, Laurel like to one I have. For some reason the judges did  not score 
it very high but to me it was BOS  quality.

 
==AM==
Yes, they are sorta similar to the ones from the '69; see:
 
_http://www.triumph-brochures.be/popup.php?foto=folder376.jpg_ 
(http://www.triumph-brochures.be/popup.php?foto=folder376.jpg) 
 
for the 1970 style. I suspect that those 1970 wheel covers might have been  
sourced in England rather than in the US, as some of the big Triumph sedans 
 (saloons) used a very similar wheel cover; see:
 
<http://www.triumph-brochures.be/popup.php?foto=folderhu521.jpg>  

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