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From: tjhiggin(at)alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
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Subject: Re: The Last One
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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 95 12:25:19 CDT
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William McCormack writes:
> I suspect that Alpines were not produced in equal numbers through the
> course of their production run. The Series III production run (which
> is the only one I know anything about) ran from March 1963 to January
> 1964. My series III was made in the late Summer of 1963 and is
> numbered 5690 out of the 5863 that were made. It seems like
> it took Sunbeam quite a while to crank out the last 173 cars. Maybe
> they produced a large inventory at the beginning of a run and then
> paced production later based on sales ... Does anyone else have
> info on Sunbeam production numbers?
The only reference I have here at the office is the Vicky Brit
catalog. Here is what it says:
Series I 11,904
Series II 19,956
Series III 5,863
Series IV 12,406
Series V 19,122
Total 69,251
There were numerous labor problems during the Alpine's production run.
In fact, these labor problems were one of the main causes of the
decline and fall of the Rootes empire. I thought there was something
on the web page about this, but I don't see it. I'll have to rememdy
that...
-- T.J. Higgins | tjhiggin(at)ingr.com | (205) 730-7922 Intergraph Corp. | Infrastructure Product Center | Huntsville, AL, USA ***** NOTES from Jay Laifman (JLAIFMAN (at) PNM) at 8/29/95 2:56p I note that in the Sunbeam Specialties catelog, Rick lists the same numbers, except he breaks Series 4 into "A" - at 7,936 cars, and "B" at 4,470 cars. The distinction is that the "A" cars had the 8" clutch and the non-synchro box, and the "B" cars had the 7 1/2" clutch and the all synchro box.Also, as the the two size clutches, I understand that it is very difficult if not impossible to lighten the 8" clutch flywheel, but that the 7 1/2" clutch flywheel can be lightened (as mine was).
Jay Laifman B395018417
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