One sold here recently to a guy, Gavin Pepper in the NZ sunbeam Owners club.
This could be the same one. There was also one entered in the TARGA (a 5 day
classic high speed rally) about 5 years ago. It was quite competitiive as
well and looked great, lowered, on wide rubber, orange with black stripes
and I think black roof. There had been a lot of work to make it strong and
reliable, very little was standard rapier fastback as far as brakes,
suspension and driveline. It lasted the 1500 miles very well, in an event
which only 60% of cars complete intact.
Greg Locke NZ
Ultimate sleeper 120hp hillman superminx
+ heaps of other rootesmobiles
----- Original Message -----
From: Russell & Neola <rmaddock@petrie.hotkey.net.au>
To: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, 25 March 2001 10:09
Subject: Re: Alpine GT
> A chap in New Zealand has built a replica of the Allegro (V8 fastback). I
> think his name is David Craw (sp?)
>
> Russ Maddock
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Sunbeams hit the Gold Coast in June 2001 - www.qld.sunbeam.org.au/national
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Hill" <tom.hill@att.net>
> To: <ellis838@concentric.net>; <alpines@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 5:10 AM
> Subject: RE: Alpine GT
>
>
> > Full story on the English chap that did the conversion back in the 60s.
> >
> > http://www.able-solar.co.nz/sccnz/fastback.htm
> >
> > Tom Hill
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> > ellis838@concentric.net
> > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 7:32 PM
> > To: alpines@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Alpine GT
> >
> >
> > There was a fastback Rapier built with the Ford drive train, the
Allegro.
> > The
> > information I saw was on a site about fastback Rapiers,
> > www.rapiers.clara.net/,
> > will get you there I think. There were only a couple built on H120
> chassis,
> > if I
> > am remembering correctly. Jim
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