Re: Talbot Sunbeam Lotus/Alpine V

Russell Maddock (rmaddock(at)petrie.starway.net.au)
Mon, 1 Jun 1998 20:40:28 +1000

It's worth keeping in mind that car values vary from country to country. In Australia, we would pay probably A$12000-13000 for a tidy running Alpine. Since the Aussie dollar collapsed a few months ago, that works out around US$7500, but before that it would have been more like US$9000. I've heard of people paying up to A$20000 for an Alpine, although I think that's getting ridiculous.

BF 345,000 _could_ be a fair price in Belgium.

Russ Maddock Brisbane, Australia

http://www.petrie.starway.net.au/~sunbeam Sunbeam Imp Sport Talbot Alpine GLS Sunbeam Alpine SIII GT Peugeot 505 STi

-----Original Message----- From: Christopher Albers <Christopher.Albers(at)bubbs.biola.edu> To: flmjr(at)ibm.net <flmjr(at)ibm.net> Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net> Date: Monday, 1 June 1998 9:32 Subject: Re: Talbot Sunbeam Lotus/Alpine V

>I am looking for some information. I went to the Oldtimers auto show in
>Ciney, Belgium today. I saw two cars that really interested me. The
>first was a 1967 Sunbeam Alpine V. The car looked real good but there
>were minor things like the pentastar was painted over, a tail lamp lens
>was broken, the windshield looked like the wipers were operated without
>blades(deep scratches), the drivers door did not closes flush, pitted
>bumpers. In short the car was not cherry but it did look good. The
>owner is asking BF 345,000 about $9800. Is this high or is it in the
>ball park? I could not drive it or even hear it run.
>
>$9800? My car is a 95+ point restoration and I would not expect to get
>much more than $7-7500 for it. That guy is hallucinating!!! I can't
>imagine a car in the condition you'vr described fetching anywhere near
>$9800.
>
>My .02
>Christopher Albers
>'67 SV od BRG
>