Don't waste your time. I've actually met with the woman in charge of the
Museum to discuss this very subject and they have very little desire to
explore that part of their history. Same goes for Simca - you won't see any
huge displays in the Chrysler museum for either.
Scott Christie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick" <pLaske@bigfoot.com>
To: "Scott E. Christie" <schristie@mail.usfli.com>; "Chris Mottram"
<c_mottram@yahoo.com>; <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: Miscellaneous Sunbeam Paraphanalia
> Last summer I contacted the history department at Chrysler to ask them if
> they had any Alpine literature. They barely knew what I was talking
about.
> There response was something like, "Oh yeah, we remember some kind of car
> like that. Well, we don't have much on it." They sent me some poor
> photocopies of a few pages of literature. Too bad they weren't better at
> keeping the heritage.
>
> If anyone wants to know how to contact the same department, let me know.
I
> might still have that somewhere.
>
> Patrick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott E. Christie" <schristie@mail.usfli.com>
> To: "Chris Mottram" <c_mottram@yahoo.com>; <alpines@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 6:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Miscellaneous Sunbeam Paraphanalia
>
>
> > Chris - sorry I missed that as I would have gone after it! :) Would
love
> to
> > see a scan of it.....
> > As for the Chrysler Annual Reports, yes there is mention starting in
1964
> of
> > their involvement, with reports becoming more detailed in 1965 and 1966.
I
> > plan on posting some of this soon on www.sunbeamalpine.org
> > scott christie
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