Second, inside is a picture of a Harrington of the likes I've never seen. It is the nicest one I have ever seen. In fact, I WANT ONE! But, nowhere in the magazine is there any information about it. It appears to be built on a SIV, except the turnsignals are the small round ones (in orange), with flat fins. Unlike other Harringtons I've seen, the top flows back, more like a 911, all the way to the end of the trunk, rather than the bubble back that the early Harringtons have, or the droopy back of the Harrington LeMans. The door windows are not square across the top like the standard SIV Alpines, but start their angle down to the back immediately. And to top it all off, it is painted in a medium green, much like a color I've seen on Aston Martins.
I recently lent my "Alpine: The Classic Sunbeam" to someone. I cannot reread its section on Harrington. Is this the "D" Harrington? It's not the same as the Harrington Tiger. There is a picture of the Harrington Tiger on the back of the SS catalog. It is close except (1) the Tiger rear quarter window is squared off at the back, while the Alpine goes much farther back and it is not an opening window; (2) The windshield on the Tiger is standard, while the Alpine's appears not to have any chrome pieces and painted body color; (3) the door windows on the Tiger are standard, not sloping like on the Alpine.
Actually, it looks much like the LeMans Tigers as far as the windshield framing incorporated into the body, the angled side door window and the flow of the top, except that the Alpine has standard flat fins and fenders, and the rear quarter windows, again, are not chopped off as soon.
There happens to be a SIV Harrington Alpine listed for sale in the Horn. It says only 3 were built. Is this what it is? It's for sale for 11,000 pounds.
If you were to add those Jaguar XKE covered headlamps that the Harrington Alpine which won at LeMans had, you'd have one of the best looking cars ever. Maybe I should have rebuilt mine like that . . .
Jay