Re: fast back Alpines?

T.J. Higgins (tjhiggin(at)alpine.iss.ingr.com)
Mon, 11 May 98 20:03:25 CDT

Paul Gilbert writes: >The owner quizzed me
> about what type of car it was and then showed me a '69 Alpine sedan that
> could be described as a fast back. He said it had lots of Chrysler
> parts and it was ugly enough to have been designed by Plymouth. Now
> today on the list I see a '69 fastback mentioned. What gives here?

Chrysler marketed a small fastback under the name Alpine in the late '60s/early '70s. In the USA this car was known as the Plymouth Arrow. There is some information on the web at http://www.team.net/www/rootes/sunbeam/alpine/mk1-5/images/69gt_ad.gif and http://www.team.net/www/rootes/sunbeam/alpine/mk1-5/images/69gt_ad2.gif.

hth, 

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T.J. Higgins
tjhiggin(at)ingr.com
Huntsville, AL
Former owner of Paul's blue parts car