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Clopin Jeff Robinson Los Angeles, USA	Posted: June 10, 2009 05:39PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 2

Greetings all.
I'm a first time newbie here. I'm glad to have found this board.
I am an apartment manager and have come into possession of a Spitfire that has been abandoned in the parking garage for quite a few years.
I have started the salvage paperwork but I can't figure out what the model year is. I think it's an early to mid 70's Mark IV.
Is there a way to use the VIN number to determine the year?
Or, is there another way?

Second question, once I've gained the title to this car, I would like to put it up for sale. How would I go about finding a Spitfire fan looking for a project car?

Thanks in advance.

Clopin

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Re: how to determine model year? #2
Mark Jones SW, Ontario, Canada 1970 Triumph Spitfire MkIII 1995 MG F "Barney"	Posted: June 11, 2009 12:26PM Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,628

Jeff,

Check here for help determining the year: http://www.triumphspitfire.com/Ref.html

As for selling it, trying finding a local British car club and see if they will list it in their newsletter. A simple internet search should work:
http://www.triumphspitfire.com/ClubsNA.html

The other day I got out my can-opener and started opening a can of worms when I thought to myself, 'What am I doing?'

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Re: how to determine model year? #3
Clopin Jeff Robinson Los Angeles, USA	Posted: June 11, 2009 05:20PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 2

Thanks Mark, I'll follow your leads.

Jeff

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Re: how to determine model year? #4
Spit1 Mike G Waitakere, New Zealand 1970 Triumph Herald 13/60 1972 Triumph Spitfire MkIV	Posted: May 15, 2011 01:26AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 548

Why don't you try the Spitfire/GT6 part of this forum site ?

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Re: how to determine model year? #5
TR3driver Randall Y Los Angeles, USA	Posted: March 16, 2013 06:27PM Registered: 7 months ago Posts: 225

Jeff, there are two Triumph clubs in the LA area:
http://www.sctoa.org
and
http://trsc1977.com/

Both would be happy to advertise your car for free. You could also list it with the national club at
http://www.vtr.org/classifiedPages/index.shtml

They require that you register, but it is free (don't have to join the club).

Watch out for scam artists, though.

Randall
56 TR3 TS13571L daily driver
71 Stag LE1473L awaiting engine rebuild
7? Stag awaiting gearbox rebuild

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