There is still a lot to learn and we are posting information as we can gather
it. I'm trying to avoid posting anything until I can either prove it with
factory documentation or an actual vehicle. It's very hard to do though.
You have raised an interesting question in my mind about the Series II serial
number on the bulkhead though. I'll check my Harrington LeMans out this
weekend. It's a late build and has a SAL number with the bonnet prop rod on the
side. I can't remember now if I looked at it for a serial number on the
bulkhead or not. Maybe you have something there.
My biggest project is the "production changes by serial number" page. It's a
lot of work, but will really be benificial to everyone as it grows and becomes
more complete. I urge everyone to contribute to this effort if you happen to
know of something that we don't yet have on the list. All of this information
can be viewed on my site at www.sunbeamalpine.org - Ian
Ian Spencer
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>>> "Russ Eshelman" <RussE@Firstva.com> 09/21/01 08:02AM >>>
Ian, I agree with you, these little pieces of information make it a lot
more fun and interesting when looking at our cars, especially the Series II
Alpines, like the rumors of the 2000 VIN numbers lost when productions
locations changed, when was the Siddley Armstrong number dropped, when was
the plastic surround around the heater controls introduced, when did the
Bonnet support change locations, and on and on..... . I thought that only
about half of the series II's had the VIN numbers stamped on the firewall,
and this stopped about the same time as the bonnet support was moved.
Although I don't know where you find the time to do it all, I do enjoy your
Sunbeam.org. Keep up the good work Ian. Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Spencer" <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>
To: "SJC Worldwide" <ssage@socal.rr.com>; <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: Error tags...
> Steve,
> I'm not sure why they quit stamping the serial number directly on the
> bulkhead either. It stopped with the introduction of the Series 3. I
> respectfully have to disagree with you about number tag trivia being
> boring though. I actually have a lot of fun collecting the Alpine
> registry and comparing all the numbers. There is a lot to be learned
> from them and in some cases we can actually see patterns forming for
> different colors and the weeks they were painting them. I guess I've
> just entered the most extreme stages of this disease OR my obsessive
> compulsiveness is beginning to show :-)
>
>
> SJC Worldwide wrote:
> >
> > Hello Ian:
> > Trivia about number tags can get a bit boring sometimes, but not on this
> > one. That is very interesting information. It's amazing how much info.
can
> > be had just from those numbers, plus, I didn't know that early Alpines
had
> > the numbers stamped on the bulkhead too. I wonder why they didn't
continue
> > that practice.
> >
> > Congratulations on a very unusual find.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Steve Sage
> > 1967 Tiger MK1A (with a body that looks just like an Alpine for some
strange
> > reason)
>
> --
> Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org>
> '61 Series II Alpine B9104704 LRX
> '61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO
> '62 Series II Alpine B9107563 RRX
> '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
> '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9116754 OD LRX
> '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9117497 OD LRX
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