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Subject: Sunbeam Alpine
From: DCCOFFIN@ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 94 17:46:11 EST
Hi folks,

This is my first post to the B-C list.  I have the opportunity to
acquire a Sunbeam Alpine basket-case for next to nothing.  Now, I
have no experience with Sunbeams, or any British car for that
matter, but I'd hate to see this one go to the junk yard or worse,
the crusher.  Apparently a lady's husband died while in the midst
of a "restoration project".  The car is apart, and there are several
sets of mechanicals to go with it.  I have not seen the car or the
pieces but am intrigued by the car.

I am familiar with the Sunbeam Tiger, so I am assuming that it is
similar to the Alpine, albeit with a Ford V-8 stuffed under the
hood.

Can anyone tell me what I might be getting into?  Are parts available,
aftermarket suppliers, etc.?  Restorating and rebuilding cars is not
foreign to me, ( or to most car junkies), as I have rebuilt/restored
a Datsun 1600, a VW Scirocco race car, several Corvairs, and am
helping a fellow LBC nut with his '73 Midget and two MGB's.

Have tools and $, can spend!  :-)

Thanks,

  _______       Mark Coffin
 /_______›      Assistant Professor, School of Business, ECU
|00==v==00|     #14 ITC VW Scirocco
[ ]-----[ ]     Central Carolinas Region SCCA

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