When I had first got my old 65 Series IV Alpine, it had the non synchro
4 speed. As I remember, it's reverse was adjacent to 2nd going through
a spring detent. When I later switched to the All synchro 4 speed from
a series V, it had reverse next to 4th against a spring detent. This
Memory is 18 years old, and is clouded by various schooners of beer!.
The last time I drove a Sunbeam Alpine was 1979 when Mine melted the #3
piston going up a small hill floored in third gear. This car is long
since gone 8-( But I do remember that the reverse pattern between
the two trannies was switched.
Rich........Looking for another Alpine to love !!!
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>From:
> nyclewit(at)nyhp03.serigate.philips.nl[SMTP:nyclewit(at)nyhp03.serigate.phili
>ps.nl]
>Sent: Monday, February 26, 1996 3:44 AM
>To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
>
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>To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
>From: "Bert Clewits" <nyclewit(at)nyhp03.serigate.philips.nl>
>Subject: gearknobs
>Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net
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>Well the gearknob on my alpine isn't original as I found out, trying
>to shift it in reverse the first time I had it.
>I just couldn't reverse it!
>First I had visions of a gearbox transplant, but then as all forward
>gears were OK and reverse seemed as it wasn't there at all I tried
>to push it the other way back and guess what success !
>So it wasn't as on my gearknob !!!
>It's a brown knob with the shift pattern engraved on top.
>Downwards it has a step in it and is attached to the gearshift with
>a chrome nut.
>Could this one be of another series Alpine ?
>I beleive the reverse is on the left of the second gear on the knob
>and the Alpines reverse is on the right of 4th gear.
>
>Regards, Bert
>
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> | Bert Clewits (Imp nut) G.P.Duuringlaan 40A
> |
> | Sunbeam Alpine S IV GT '64 7339 BV Apeldoorn
> |
> | Sunbeam Imp,Californian, The Netherlands
> |
> | Chamois,Stiletto Tel: +31-55-5331601
> |
> | Philips Semiconductors Nijmegen NL
>nyclewit(at)nyhp03.serigate.philips.nl |
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