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1. British car day Canberra (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 20:09:28 +1000
Just further to my post of a yesterday, I thought I should point out (particularly to Sydney folk) that Brit car day here is FREE - for both displayers and public. And there is also a big swap meet i
/html/alpines/2004-10/msg00001.html (7,248 bytes)

2. All British Day (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:22:07 +1000
In Canberra this year British Car Day will be on 7 November, on the lawns of Old Parliament House. This is a great spot for a car display. This year it would be nice to see some Rootes cars there - m
/html/alpines/2004-09/msg00053.html (6,699 bytes)

3. OT Hillman stolen in Australia (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 10:26:59 +1000
Sorry to bomb the list, this is for any listers in the Sydney Australia area. A friend of mine from the Hillman list has has his newly acquired 1971 Hillman Hunter stolen. It's low mileage, light blu
/html/alpines/2004-07/msg00010.html (6,504 bytes)

4. Bob Hamilton (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:31:06 +1000
Is Bob Hamilton, owner of a Mark Alpine, still on the list? If so can you contact me, I have a Humber Hawk owner interested in finding out what was done to the Mk Alpine motor to improve performance.
/html/alpines/2004-07/msg00094.html (6,320 bytes)

5. Repro ID tags (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:23:05 +1000
Hi all, A couple of years back I got a reproduction ID tag and specification plate from the Sunbeam Owners Club in the UK. I'd like to contact them again but have lost their address (courtesy of a de
/html/alpines/2004-06/msg00018.html (6,444 bytes)

6. SAL numbers (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 15:17:15 +1000
As we all know, all good Alpines have a small metal tag with an SAL number. I have been told and have read that SAL stands for Sunbeam Assembly Line - kind of makes sense... Except that other Sunbeam
/html/alpines/2004-06/msg00019.html (7,062 bytes)

7. Alpine at Uluru (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:58:34 +1000
Well I'm back and sorry, no I didn't take the Alpine. Flew to The Alice for a conference and afterwards drove to Uluru, Kata Tjuta and Kings Canyon in a hired late model Corolla - quickish, reliable,
/html/alpines/2002-09/msg00070.html (7,192 bytes)

8. Re: +.060 oversize piston set (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:30:34 +1000
Ahhhh. Just what I needed, ..... 2 months ago. If it's any help, I paid (I think) $A90 per piston including rings and gudgeons (the pins, not the fish). But they were not Hepolites. Also, don't know
/html/alpines/2002-09/msg00071.html (7,358 bytes)

9. Re: 1961 Tiger (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 20:39:58 +1000
According to Michael Sedgwick, William Jowett produced flat twins between 1913 and 1953. The flat 4 was introduced 1936, and it seems likely to have been developed from the twin. Flat 4 in the Javeli
/html/alpines/2002-08/msg00047.html (7,650 bytes)

10. Re: Series V: Ground Strap (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:54:07 +1000
That strap grounds the engine/transmission (and hence the starter) to the body; on my S3 it's grounded thru one of the bolts that holds the transmission "subframe" to the body, I suspect it doesn't
/html/alpines/2002-08/msg00063.html (7,570 bytes)

11. Re: Series V: CD150 Rebuild (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:58:31 +1000
Very close, that would be 'ultrasound' in English. Maybe even in American too .... :-) Vic the
/html/alpines/2002-08/msg00064.html (7,228 bytes)

12. Sunbeam pics (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 21:01:47 +1000
I don't know if this site has been mentioned on the list before, but it has some great pics of Sunbeams - Alpines, Tigers, Rapiers, Venezias - and other historic Rootes cars, even a Commer 'double kn
/html/alpines/2002-08/msg00113.html (6,512 bytes)

13. Re: CD 150's (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:21:00 +1000
No, but I have a really old Solex twin choke from a S3 if anyone is interested FTGH. Also, I have two very good headlamp peaks, VGC, resprayed, almost carnival red LTAD Vic willing
/html/alpines/2002-08/msg00125.html (6,812 bytes)

14. Re: Sunbeam pics (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:09:18 +1000
George and others Not sure what's happening here.... Posted this early am Monday (Australian time) at home, got your response later the same morning, then tried the link at work on a different system
/html/alpines/2002-08/msg00141.html (7,663 bytes)

15. Re: Battery Box on eBay (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:24:46 +1000
Different folk have different skills. Even though I do all my own mechanical work I, for one, could not make a battery box that would meet my own aesthetic needs. No, not even a simple square box. I
/html/alpines/2002-08/msg00213.html (8,795 bytes)

16. Re: sighting (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 22:35:16 +1000
Where I live a a rare sighting is like... the series 6 Hillman Minx I saw in the Uni carpark 2 weeks ago. Or the Hunter I saw at the National Library yesterday. Last time I saw another Alpine was 12
/html/alpines/2002-08/msg00235.html (7,395 bytes)

17. Re: [Re: sighting] (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 09:28:19 +1000
Hi Jan, Yes there were more around back then, time has taken some ravages. Another factor is that Canberra has more than tripled in population since about 1972 when Rootes cars were virtually off the
/html/alpines/2002-08/msg00244.html (9,348 bytes)

18. Re: [Re: sighting] (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 22:08:28 +1000
That's true Russ, Bob Menzies (Prime Minister from early '50s to 1966) loved everything British and had Super Snipes as Commonwealth Cars for ferrying politicians around -same job that Statesmans (St
/html/alpines/2002-08/msg00249.html (11,639 bytes)

19. Don't show your teeth (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 23:03:05 +1000
Hi List, Does anyone out there, preferably in Australia but OS will do, have a spare clutch cover plate - that small piece of tin that fits on the lower half of the bellhousing and covers the ring ge
/html/alpines/2002-06/msg00020.html (6,488 bytes)

20. Re: [Re: Too Hot!!] (score: 1)
Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 23:05:54 +1000
I had this exact problem with a Cortina, completely solved by re-coring the radiator (sorry, convector). Vic -- Original Message -- From: "Jan Eyerman" <jan.eyerman@usa.net> To: "jumpinjan" <jservait
/html/alpines/2002-06/msg00021.html (8,653 bytes)

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