> Hi Ramon - Your entry for San Diego British Car Day came in yesterday
for
> your "1960 Series 2 Alpine". After all the discussion that has been on
the
> net about cars being registered later than production cycle, you indicate
> that this is registered before it's time. . . . How did yours get ahead
of the
> line? Was it perhaps an auto show car?
Yes, something's goofy. I checked last night, and the car is definitely
registered as a '60. And it's definitely a Series II, BUT . . . the serial
number puts it closer to midway through the Series II production run.
When I bought the car, it came with a big wad of paper, but no title.
It had changed hands four, maybe five times since it had last been
registered, and none of the interim owners had bothered with a
title transfer.
It could have been a nightmare, but I managed to draw a real
sweetheart when I carted it all down to the DMV. The lady methodically
went through the whole mess, sorted everything out into four or five
piles of paper, and had me sign here and there. I walked out of the
place with new plates, current registration, and title.
OK. So I got title to a '60 Series II numbered B9108660! What did I know?
Back then, 'bout the only way I could tell an Alpine from a Tiger was to
count
the exhaust pipes! Well, maybe I did know there were two types of Alpines:
pointy-fin and regular, but that's about all I knew!
Anyway, since it had been off the road so long, I suspect that it had been
purged from the "active" files at the DMV. Then, somewhere in the pile of
paper I had, someone must have erroneously called it a '60 model.
> Anyhow, I look forward to seeing it again.
We're looking forward to another San Diego British Car Day. By the way,
what's the scam on the suds business at the new cite? Is the San Diego
British Car Council going to contract with someone to sell us warm and flat
five-dollar beers to remind us of the <not-so> nice folks at DelMar?
Ramon
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