For the owners looking to refinish their steel wheels, no matter what color you
decide on, please consider having them powder coated. My son and I did this last
year with both of our Alpines and this is truly a permanent, chip resistant,
good
looking finish. Be sure the wheel is finely blasted to bare metal before
treatment
and then never worry about it again! Brent
Ian Spencer wrote:
> I'll second that...and I also took a good look at the white wheels on
> this SV and it looks like the original paint is this foam white everyone
> is mentioning. It's nice to have guys like Curt and Scott who cared
> enough to purchase evey bit of literature and factory memo to ever
> surface. I've had the pleasure of seeing Scott's collection and it
> sounds like Curt's is just as good. Thanks guys for caring enough to
> share these wonderful collections with everyone. - Ian
>
> CMeinel464@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Scott,
> >
> > I think we've come to the conclusion that the Alpine I and II with the round
> > hole type steel wheel came with matching body color. I assume that when the
> > wheel style changed, so did Rootes philosophy of wheel color. After the
> > introduction of the new slotted type wheel all evidence points to the
> > exclusive use of the foam white wheels.
> >
> > Thanks for your input,
> > Curt
> > Classic Sunbeam
>
> --
> Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org>
> '61 Series II Alpine B9104704 LRX
> '61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO
> '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
> '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9116754 OD LRX
> '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9117497 OD LRX
> '64 Series IV Automatic B9401426 BW LRX
> '67 Series V Alpine B395016967 LRX
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