In a message dated 96-09-05 00:46:09 EDT, anthonyr(at)aqua.civag.unimelb.EDU.AU
(Anthony Robinson) writes:
>I assume you must know that the letters SB stand for Special Bodied, and
>you will not find those letters mentioned in any book. The letters were
>added by the competition department to the vehicles they intended to use for
>racing.
From the posts I remember reading on the net a few months back, it seems like
there were quite a few "SB" Alpines out there - far too many to have all been
intended for racing, considering Rootes limited budget.
Per another post: SB = sealed beam? Hmmm. Seems like too much trouble and
expense to stamp the ID plate just to designate a non-standard headlight
destined for a particular export market. A letter(s) for a special
drivetrain component I can understand (eg. OD or low compression engine),
but headlights? In contrast to the argument for "special bodied" = SB;
you'd think that EVERY Alpine exported to the U.S. would have had an "SB"
stamp if "sealed beam" was the designation.
There's too many, yet there's too few.
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