Alpiners,
In the July/August Grassroots Motorsports magazine, in an article
titled Out of the barn:
There is a short poop on looking for cheap racing cars.
The article is as follows.
You dont see many Sunbeams Alpines anymore. They didnt make
nearely
as many of these as the more popular MGs and Triunphs. The Alpine,
introduced in
1960, was a very nicely made, rugged little car. Unfortunately, the
complex welded
on fenders and rust trapping x-frame design have caused most of these
cars to rust
away. They were heavy at 2300 lbs, but performance increased in the last
of these
cars as they were equipped with the 1.7 liter engines. Production
tapered off in
1967, and chrysler decided to kill the car when it took over the Alpines
builder, Rootes,
at that time.
The Alpine is a better street car than a race car. Honestly, it
was probably
a more solid, better made car than contemporary MGs and Triumphs.
Grassroots Motorsports magazine website is...
Jarrid Gross
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