Paul,
Boy, would I have loved to see that "proper" Alpine on a race course! They
do not have the same performance as a Series car - I think 0-60 was
something like 18 sec. - but they did earn their colours in the Monte Carlo
Rally in the mid-fifties.
Later,
Bob
At 10:41 AM 8/18/97 GMT, you wrote:
>The third Sunbeam racing (in a different race from the tigers) was a 1955
>Sunbeam Alpine Talbot - I guess this is the "proper alpine"? It looked
great -
>nicely restored! I guess it had to maintain a certain decorum to live up to
>it's "proper" designation. While all the other cars went by with engines
>roaring, the Proper Alpine just hummed on by. Of course it also didn't
seem to
>be in a hurry to get anywhere. But it was the first one of those I had
seen. I
>know there are a couple Proper Alpine owners on the list that would have been
>proud to see one running the course at Laguna Seca.
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