Be sure to check those dam ring gear bolts in the rear end!!
Rich
> ----------
> From: Paul Gilbert[SMTP:pgilbert(at)worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 1997 5:50 PM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: new owner
>
> I just bought my 16 year old daughter a '67 series V Alpine. When I
> was
> dating her mother I owned a series I and know first hand you can't
> make
> love in the back seat of an Alpine. I joke that this is the reason I
> bought this car, but the real reason is that I am reverting to my
> childhood.
>
> The car was in pieces and pretty rusty, but seemed fixable. Then I
> read
> the "Sunbeam Alpine Buyers's Guide" thin by Daniel Levitin. I should
> have consulted the net first!
>
> Some advice please.
>
> My battle plan is to:
> 1) remove trim, doors, etc. and every thing that is bolted or screwed
> on
> which doesn't directly effect the suspension so that it can still be
> rolled onto a car carrier.
>
> 2) strip, sand, and prime all outer surfaces.
>
> 3) find a good body shop and have them sandblast everything and
> replace
> sills and outer skins as required.
>
> 4) while they are rebuilding the body I will overhaul the engine and
> go
> through the transmission.
>
> 5) buy new trim and put it all back together.
>
> I would greatly appreciate some advice concerning the fount end and
> rear
> axle, two subjects that I know nothing about. What parts should I
> replace in these areas?
>
> This car is going to be a driver that I want to last my daughter
> through
> college. I want it to be sound and as maintenance free as possible.
> I
> intend to install an alternator and negative ground. I am insisting
> that
> my daughter work along side of me so that she will know how the damn
> thing works and how to fix it. However a college parking lot is no
> where to do serious repairs on a car (I once replaced an engine in my
> '40 Ford in Iowa in the dead of winter in the dorm parking lot).
>
> I fear that I have made a rather expensive trip down memory lane. All
> tips concerning parts vendors and just "watch out for this dummie"
> will
> be appreciated.
>
> Thanks - Paul Gilbert in New
> Orleans
>
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