Russ Eshelman wrote:
>An article that appeared in the January issue of Thoroughbred & Classic
>Cars, "your questions" section by Phil Bell.
>
> Please could you answer me this age old question ( I've never seen a
>satisfactory answer ): which is best, MGB or Sunbeam Alpine?
> John Prior, Chichester
>
>Easy: the MGB was dynamically better than the Alpine in its day and now
>makes a better classic because all of the parts are so easy to get hold of.
>The Alpine's rather more unusual though.
I know Russ got this from a magazine and all but it has to be a made up
question,
Mr. Bell must have been a few words short for his column. I put to you there is
no
such person as John Prior or if there is he sent the question in as a goof. Can
you imagine anyone who has been around Sunbeam and MG people asking this? I can
see it now at the local car club meeting " Well John that is a good question,
but
I just can not say which is better" Says the MGB owner. "Yea both are nice cars
but I really would be hard pressed to say which is better" piped in
the Alpine driver. Professional writers are notorious fibbers almost as bad as
fisher men..... he made it up.
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