You wrote:
>
>Started off this morning with a favor to transport a nephew to the
airport.
> Took the '54 Alpine to do the task - he hadn't seen it before and was
very
>impressed.
>
>Made a run to the Post Office and was chased down by a gent who had
owned a
>"51 Sunbeam Talbot coupe' (convertible to you of the unwashed) and his
sister
>had owned a "53 saloon (four door sedan to the above mentioned).
>
>At lunch, I was tracked down in the restaurant - well, bar to be exact
- by
>someone wanting to know who owned the beautiful blue car outside.
Guilty,
>sez I. We talked at length about British cars and he reminisced about
his
>dear old grandmothers 1959 Sunbeam Rapier which covered over 220,000
miles
>without major repair before going to its great reward.
>
>Upon returning home, an E-Mail message awaited about a car for sale.
>
>For those of you who care, I am now the proud new owner of a _proper_
1953
>Supreme Sunbeam (Talbot) Alpine kit car. I just hope this one
doesn't take
>the ten years to get on the road that the last one did. Someday -
maybe -
>Joan will get her Jaguar Mark II.
>
>"Ole" Olson 1961 Series 2 Alpine (OLE ALP) 1954 Mark I Alpine (OLDE
ALP)
>and now 1953 Mark I Alpine (SBA 53). How's them for license plates?
>
>
>
Well done Ole.
I see your long awaited plan to corner the Sunbeam market and
eventually dominate the world is beginning to take shape.
John Alpine Iv
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