>As Jarrid mentions, the "X" stands for "non-standard". There was a long
>thread a year or so back about what everyone thought that meant. As I
>recall, even though we all wanted to believe we had a special car, it was
>ultimately agreed that just about every Alpine not sold in the home market
>(ie England) was considered non-standard, with the only differences being
>the turnsignals and where the steering wheel was located.
>
>Now there was one guy who had an "SB" on his car, and I think Dick or Ole
>thought that meant it was "special body", and possibly a factory racing
>car. I don't recall who the owner was, or if the identity of his car was
>ever finally determined.
>
>Jay
>
I think I started the SB thread, and all it means is "sealed beam" in
reference to the headlights. My car was identified as nothing special with
no available history beyond the PO (who rebuilt it from boxes of parts) and
the fact that someone had brought it over from the US.
Anthony, late Series II.
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