Spitfire & GT6 Models and Options

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The Commission number is your car’s VIN number and is the best way to tell your car’s age**. It is located in different locations depending on when your car was built.
The Commission plate is most often located under the car’s hood (bonnet) on left side of the body photo and will look similar to this photo. (for more information about body numbers, click on your car’s section below)
On later cars the plate was moved to the driver’s side door pillar. (photo) There might also be a plate on the left side inside the windshield. (photo)
Of course your commission number will be on your title.

In the US the Department of Motor Vehicles uses the term “VIN” (vehicle identification numbers). Triumph used Commission numbers. Commission numbers were used until late 1979 when the US required Triumph to change to real VIN numbers in the VIN number format.
Click this link for more info about VIN numbers on Spitfires.

**I said age, not year. Click here to find out why there is a difference.

Spitfire

Spitfire 4 (Mk1)Oct. 1962 (1963 model year)-Dec. 64 (1965 model year),
Commission # FC1- FC44656
45573 cars made.
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Spitfire Mk2Dec. 1964 (1965 model year) -Jan. 1967 (1967 model year),
Commission # FC50001-FC88912
37409 cars made.
The last Mk 2 was make January 1967 and had Commission number FC88912.
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Spitfire Mk3
Jan. 1967 (1967 model year)-Dec 1970,
Commission #–FD1-FD15306, FD20000-FD51967, FD75000-FD92803 (after Oct. 1969), FDU prefix for US, O suffix for cars fitted with overdrive transmissions, 7FD prefix for some (all?) Canadian cars.
65320 cars made.
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Spitfire Mk4world: Nov. 1970 (1971 model year)-Nov. 1974
US/North America: 1970-1972*
Commission #FH3-FH64995 (US used FK & FM),
FK prefix for US 1300’s, FM for US 1500’s, FL for Sweden, a few US bound 1974 1500’s were built in Seniffe Belgium-1FM prefix and IU suffix, O suffix for cars fitted with overdrive transmissions.
70021 cars made.
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*There is some confusion about what is a Mk4 and what is a 1500. 
All 1971 & 1972 cars were MkIV’s.
US 1973 & 74 cars (FM commission numbers) received the 1500cc engine (to try to counteract the strangulating emissions regs in the US) while the rest of the world stayed Mk4’s with 1296cc engine. These cars were essentially MkIV’s with 1500 badges and engine.
In Nov. 74 all Spitfires received the 1500cc engine and were officially called “Spitfire 1500”.
These pages deal with changes at a date not model. If you need info about a 1973 1500 look in MkIV section.

Spitfire 1500
world: Nov. 1974 (1975 model year)-Aug. 1980, US/NA: 1973-80
UK/Europe: FH75001 onwards, US: FM28001U onwards (late 1979 & 80 used VIN numbers), U suffix for US, UC suffix for US California, O suffix for cars fitted with overdrive transmissions, L suffix for Right hand drive
95829 cars made (91137 excluding 73 & 74 models)
The last Spitfire made had the VIN: TFADW5AT 009898
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GT6

GT6 Mk1July 1966-Sept. 1968,
Commission # KC1-KC13752
15818 cars made.
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GT6 Mk2July 1968-Dec. 1970,
Commission # KC50001-KC58046 (July 68-Oct. 69), KC75001-KC83397 (Oct. 69-Dec. 70)
12066 cars made.
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GT6 Mk3
1971-73,
Commission # KE0001-KE04596 (1971), KE10001-KE14816 (1972), KE20001-KE24218 (1973), KF prefix for US, KG prefix for Sweden
13042 cars made.
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Related Reference

VIN Numbers
A listing of general info about VIN numbers on 1979 and 80 cars

Engine Numbers
Lists for engine number prefixes, suffixes and sizes for Spitfires and other Triumph Models.

Differential (final drive) Numbers
Lists for final drive ratios for Spitfires and other Triumph Models.

Car Photos
For a photo reference of cars visit Spitfire/GT6 magazine’s reader’s cars page.