Tom, yes, regards below. But, every year on the salt, I have a zillion
folk wander by and want to call the car a Tiger. I politely inform them
that, No, it is an old Alpine body that was on the trailer headed for
the crusher when I bought it. I also tell them that I prefer to just
call it a Sunbeam not referring to either Alpines or Tigers. The only
badging on the car is the "SUNBEAM" on the trunk lid. I want all
Sunbeam owners to be affiliated with the efforts and that is the main
reason I call the car the "Spirit of Sunbeam". The front of my fire
suit says "Team Beam" and on the back it says "Spirit of Sunbeam" . I
wanted everyone who owns an Alpine or Tiger to be a part of the effort
even though they may not be there.
I am not sure what motivates folk to call thier cars Algers or anything
else than what it is. A 32 ford roadster with a chevy motor in it is
still a 32 ford roadster. Or a Mustang from circa 1965 with mods making
it nearly identical to a Shelby GT350 is still a Mustang, just updated.
As I mentioned once, I cannot recall (maybe bad old memory cells, lol)
of any other car which has been modified to resemble a different model
of the same manufacturer having a split name of the two different
models. I don't think it is wrong for anyone to name their car an
Alger, but, I do not understand why. But, I really don't care either.
Tom, thanks for the mention and letting me hijack your thread, lol
mayf
Tom Parker wrote:
>SNIP
>
>
>Some Rootes owners choose to re-engine their cars. Drmayf is a great example
>here; he campaigns an Alpine at Bonneville, and it surely doesn't have a 4
>cylinder engine in it. Good for him, and good for the marque.
>
>Snip
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