Perhaps these were dealer installed options. Something that was
available to the dealers through Rootes. Were The Alpine /Tiger Seates
used in any other Rootes cars? Maybe they came in other colors....and
thats where these abnormal seats have come from? 8-) (Don't flame
me !!)
Rich
>----------
>From: Scott Christie[SMTP:103226.3155(at)compuserve.com]
>Sent: Friday, January 31, 1997 8:33 AM
>To: "W. R. Gibbons"
>Cc: Alpine subscribers
>Subject: Re: Colo(u)r schemes
>
>Alright, enough of this! Everybody knows that black cars with scarlet
>interiors
>/ black piping looks great. However, I did see at the Detroit TE / AE
>national
>a YELLOW Series II (yellow was never offered) with a RED interior! No kidding
>folks! Sorry to the owner if he's reading this, but YIKES! I must admit it
>did
>stand out from the crowd (which was slowing backing away.....)
>
>Anyway Mr. Gibbons, I checked the sales literature last night and here's what
>Sunbeam offered for Series V colour combos:
>
>Carnival Red with black interior
>Midnight Blue with black interior
>Arctic White with black interior
>British Racing Green with (guess what?) black interior!
>Jet Black with black interior (Stealth bomber)
>Mediterranean blue with (drum roll please ) black interior!
>
>I guess Rootes got bored with colour combos towards the end. The only saving
>grace is that you could get piping that matched the exterior colour.
>However,
>we have a mystery, because illustrated in two different areas on the brochure
>is
>a RED interior. Hmmmm......
>
>Scott Christie
>Series 3 Alpine Registry
>
>
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