>Well as far as value, alpines really aren't worth much unless they are
>real nice and stock, depends on the buyer but I probably only paid what
>he had in parts alone, with its nice new paint job, its probably worth
>less than it would be as a stock alpine... but Tigers are so much more
>fun to drive (opinion)... Is your Alpine nice?
Well, I guess Alpines are not worth much but it doesn't take that nice of a
pine to be worth $3 to $6 kbucks.
On the otherhand, from what I have seen a nice Alpine conversion can be worth
quite a bit ($6 to $10+ Kbucks). I know the situation is different in Europe
but here in the states I would say that if you convert your Alpine will be
worth more. I'm not saying that it pays to convert, by the time you scrounge
all the parts and invest all the time you might find it to be a loss.
As far as which if funner to drive, I probably would have agreed with Gary
before I bought my pine but I'm not so sure anymore. An Alpine weighs a lot
less than a Tiger and handles pretty well. With some motor tweaks (or a swap,
like a 2300CC pinto motor) you could have a car as fast or faster than a stock
tiger for a lot less money.
Of course the preceeding is IMHO...
-- Frank Marrone at marrone(at)optilink.dsccc.com 1965 Sunbeam Tiger B9471116 1960 Sunbeam Alpine Series I B9009330 1966 Ford LTD 4-door family barge.
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