Yes, I've recently reread Taylors book on the Tiger and I noted this. But
starting the replacement for a discontinued model a year after termination
of production seems a bit short sighted even for a smallish British
manufacturer. And then it isn't as if they pulled out all the stops to get
the Series Alpine into production. If no one can offer up a more
satisfactory answer I'll assume that this was in character for Rootes which
was a rather conservative manufacturer. As Craig pointed out there was
always the Minx.
Craig, thanks for resending your message.
>Frank Marrone writes:
>> It answered the "what options?" question but not the "why?". At 3000 units
>> for three years of production, it sounds like the cars were fairly good
>> sellers. Why no follow up model?
>
>Work on the series Alpine started in 1956 or before. Check
>http://www.team.net/www/rootes/sunbeam/alpine/mk1-5/history.html for
>more info.
>--
>T.J. Higgins
>tjhiggin(at)ingr.com
>http://iquest.com/~higgins/tj/
>Huntsville, AL
>
>
Frank Marrone
MK I Tiger B9471116
Series I Alpine (And proud of it)
marrone(at)wco.com
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