Re: What do I have?

From: T.J. Higgins (tjhiggin(at)alpine.iss.ingr.com)
Date: Wed Aug 27 1997 - 09:30:42 CDT


The Buckinghams writes:
> The only identifiable numbers on my alpine are the following.
>
> BC4 9201859 LRX
>
> SB
>
> 61
>
> This is on a small plate under the bonnet. Any help identifying my
> vehicle would be appreciated as I am about to embark on a five year
> restoration project. My estimate only.

According to an old Vicky Brit catalog I have here at the office (not
the most reliable source in the world), you have a Series III Alpine.
There were 5863 Series IIIs made from March '63 to Jan '64, serial
numbers 9200001 to 9205863. Since your serial number is about 1/3 of
the way through the production run, by interpolation your car was
built around July 1963.

L = left hand drive
R = roadster
X = export

No idea what "SB" is.

The 61 is probably the paint code, "Quartz Blue Metallic", used on
Series III only.

--
T.J. Higgins
tjhiggin(at)ingr.com
Huntsville, AL



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