I was watching Bond "You Only Live Twice" and saw a great car that I didn't recognize. I want one... Thanks to a site I discovered on the Alpine board I found out it's a 1966 Toyota 2000GT http://imc
They never produced a productin 2000GT convertible, they did however make 2 "show cars" that toured for the film. I think one now resides in the cars for the starts museum. As a side note the origina
It's a good website but my son and I were watching the original "Love Bug" movie last night, lo and behold there was a racing Series 1 or 2 Alpine in a couple scenes. I just checked and IMCDB has it
Articles about the 2000GT; Road and Track June 1967, Motor Trend May 1968. Very interesting car with 2L inline 6 engine, 5 sp, 4 wheel disc brakes and independent rear suspension. The door to the re
Tounge in cheek.. Iknow how this car relates to sunbeams... Shelby america raced them in SCCA for 2 years as factory cars -- Regards Michael King _______________________________________________ Suppo
And the drivers were Scooter Patrick (who sold Tigers and other Rootes products in Manhattan Beach) and Davey Jordan (who raced Alpines and attended TU at Big Bear last year). ;-) bt ________________
You forgot Kenneth Howes designed the Alpine, who once worked for Raymond Ron Fraser And the drivers were Scooter Patrick (who sold Tigers and other Rootes products in Manhattan Beach) and Davey Jord
Scooter drove his car again at the Monterey Historics last summer. His car is now owned by Toyota dealer Craig Zinn. Scooter was joined by Timo Glock in the Fangio/Jones Gurney Eagle Mk III GTP car,
Ron has made a good point about Kenneth Howes. You can read more about the Tiger History on TigersUnited.com in the "History" link. There is a "Roots of Rootes" section at: http://www.tigersunited.co