1979 Trouble Spitfire

[christine]

It sucks to be the driver of that Spitfire. After getting an involuntary Pilkingtons Facelift he probably head butted the bonnet.
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Wouldn't have been a "he " , it's a Spitfire . She should lose her licence

[christine]

Did the Spitfire get exported to USA , and if it did , why didn't they have the rubber bumper treatment?

[Eddie Honda]

Did the Spitfire get exported to USA , and if it did , why didn't they have the rubber bumper treatment?

Shit loads.

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Aye.

[SiC]

Yes it did. A massive hit over there.

It gained "Sabrinas". Imo a better job than MG did. Probably because Triumph was more loved by senior BL than MG, so got more budget.

[SiC]

A lot easier than the MGs to convert back to pre-impact regs by only swapping the front and rear bumpers iirc. Find a rusty early one and do a swaparoo

[christine]

Well every day's a school day !

[SiC]

For context, it's a much better effort integrating it into the styling than Lamborghini's of the time. Presumably Lamborghini assumed most customers would take them off on delivery.

[Jerzy Woking]

Sabrina's

https://mgb1967.com/why-are-they-called ... a-bumpers/

[Hooli]

The blisters on the underside of Hawker Hunters that collected used cannon shells were also known as Sabrinas, for the same reason.

[PhilA]

The same as the large bullet style bumpers in the fifties got the nickname Dagmars.