Part numbers and model differences.

[Hal Taylor <taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Because of the numbering scheme, those of us who
> wondered whether early Alfettas/GTV6s used the same armrests as Spiders
> now know that the answer is "no" -- at least the parts numbers are
> different anyway.
>


Don't assume that a different part number necessarily indicates a
differently tooled part.  I was once told, by a well-reputed Alfa
specialist mechanic,  that the only difference between clutch mc's for
late model spiders and gtv's was the part number.  I don't specifically
know about the armrests in question, but I suspect that part numbers
don't always tell the full story. Why lfa bothers to produce identical
parts with different numbers is beyond me.

Hal Taylor
'86 spider veloce "Strega"
Venice, CA

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