My son looked at a '63 Series II Alpine this afternoon that he's
considering buying. The car actually seemed pretty good, but did have a
few concerns. It has always been a California car as far as we could
tell. It still has the original gold on black plates. What bothered
him the most was bubbles in the otherwise nice paint in the lower sills
just in front of the doors. There were also four spots on the trunk
where holes for a luggage rack had been welded. The owner claims this
often happens with this kind of repair, but we found that a little
suspect. The only other thing we saw we didn't like was some bad
scratches in the windshield from a wiper blade.
The gauges had been rebuilt by the owner, but he had zeroed out the
odometer before reinstalling the speedometer.
Mechanically the car seemed solid. The interior also seemed pretty good
and original looking. Some of the plastic pieces around the steering
column were in bad shape, but he can live with that.
Asking price $4.5k/obo. What's the going price for a Series II in
reasonably good shape?
Roland
cobra(at)cdc.hp.com
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