Re: Proper Alpine - Improper colour!

From: Bob Hamilton (hamilton(at)cast.navnet.net)
Date: Thu Jul 17 1997 - 06:52:06 CDT


Ole,

        Are you really going to replace the drive train with the originals?
I would think your combination is a lot more practical.

Bob

At 10:20 PM 7/16/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey guys!
>
>My '53 Sunbeam "Talbot" Alpine just got delivered from the paint store!
>
>It's -I think- a beautiful Forest (British Racing) Green. Yeah, yeah, I
>know. BRG, or green of any shade, was not offered on Alpines of that
>vintage. Well, hell, the '54 has a -gasp- Volvo engine and leaking Oriental
>built Borg-Warner tranny so you know I'm a real traditionalist!
>
>Actually, other than the color, I'll try to put it back together as near
>stock as feasible.
>
>"Ole"
>
>
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Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Man of Many Sunbeams - All "Proper" Talbot Types 1953-1954
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