I always thought it was "neat" to have one of the last Alpines.  Mine 
is number B395018417 which is 705 from the last, B395019122.  If you 
divide the number of Series V's (19122) by the number of months that they 
were made (Sept. 65 to Jan. 68), not accounting for down months, you get 
660 per month, which puts mine about the last month or two.  But, I got 
to thinking over the weekend about what it must have been like then and 
whether or not the employees knew that the end was upon them, and what 
kind of pride or quality they were putting in to the cars -- although I 
have never found any problems with the car that I would call quality 
related.  Does anyone know about what went on at the factory at the end?
Jay Laifman.
Jay Laifman
B395018417
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