Chris,
DO NOT SELL IT. You will regret it, especially after all of the hard work
you put into it. I own a 1968 Camaro which over the past 15 years have been
restoring. The reason it took so long was, like you, I got married, bought
a house, and had two kids. At everyone of these events I was tempted to
sell it at a tremendous loss. Thank God for my wife who made me keep it.
We always managed to get through what ever little problem we had. Now the
car is 98% complete and we had some extra money to buy an Alpine this year.
It will be hard to replace that car- and do you really want to go through it
again in 5-10 years? Stop the nonsense and keep it. Everything tends to
work out.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu
[mailto:Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 11:40 AM
To: alpines@autox.team.net
Subject: Considering Selling SV
Well,
I never thought I'd actually consider it, but the purchase of our first
home has changed my thinking somewhat, so I thought I'd check out
interest. I am still not sure I'll sell it.
Many of you know my SV, which appears on The Classic Sunbeam Owner's
site. The car is a '67 Series V with overdrive, British Racing Green.
The engine is heavily modified and puts out somewhere between
115-125hp. It is freshly restored and won 2nd place in the Stock
Concours and 2nd in the Personalized Autocross at SUNI 3 last year.
The car is NOT stock and should have been shown Personalized, but it
was my first show, oh well. This car is one of the nicest Alpines
you'll see anywhere. You could pluck your nose hairs in the paint
finish. It has Minator wheels (14") with 195/60 Pirrelli P600's, Spax
shocks. Everything is new that could be. Everything works. It has a
Smith's clock, a Sunbeam radio and a modern Alpine AM/FM cassette with
6 CD changer (ingeniously installed for easy access behind the passeger
footwell) and five speakers (10" subwoofer in trunk), powered by a 400
watt MTX 5 channel amp. I have an extra windshield and numerous other
parts, too many to list. If you are interested, I will go over the
specific mods.
There a few flaws in this car. They are: minor chips and scratches in
the paint, fixable. One very small ding (smaller than a pinky nail) on
the left rear fender. The gearbox needs new synchros (I have) and is
noisy. Spot welds broke on bootlid hinge, replaced with stainless
steel screws.
I have about $20,000 in receipts, not to mention the 8.5 years of time
I put into it. I am thinking the car is worth between $11,000 &
12,000, but I could be living in La-La Land. I will entertain offers,
but I emphasize that I have not firmly decided to sell. I'm trying to
gauge interest and value on the car.
Christopher Albers
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