Shane, glad to see you here...
Oil coolers - standard...
Interior parts.. Not cheap. Sunbeam Specialties or Classic Sunbeam...
Depends on where you are.. both are classy organizations with Rick and Curt
(even if he did drive up the price of those tiger rings) both being well
respected and knowledgable about the cars.
Sunbeam Specialties - Campbell CA - 408-371-1642
Classic Sunbeam - Ossining NY - 914-941-8673
Before you put down interior parts.. make sure you have good metal in the
pans and rockers. Put down something like POR15 to stabilize the rust.
As far as putting a ford engine in a Sunbeam, never been done before.
*L*
There are a number of us thinking about transplants... if you're gonna do
the work, put something in it that will be reliable and have enough HP for
you to go go go . My choice du jour is a Toyota 22R mated to a toyota truck
5 speed. Others will advocate Ford 2.6 V6's.
There may be people on the list who have 'spare' 1725's around for you to
purchase cheap. Ask and who knows.
Welcome..
tim
shane wrote:
> Hey gang,
> Finally got my Alpine yesterday. Boy is it great to finally have an
> Alpine. By the numbers, it should be a Series V.(B395001459) Shouldn't
> it have the small pinstars on the front fenders or was this something
> added to later? I've been on this list for 2 months reading about
> Alpines and I've got a couple of questions. First, the PO left this car
> out in the weather with no top and everything is pretty well rusted
> inside, question is, where is the best place to look for some interior
> parts? Second question, the engine is a 1725. PO said the thing threw
> a rod or something and he stopped driving it. Weel, it's locked up(hard
> as a rock, breaker bar wouldn't do anything, so, I was wondering if
> anyone has ever installed a 2300 Ford 4 cylinder in an Alpine? Yes, I
> know how some of you feel about changing the engine, but, I'm on a
> limited budget, and I was very happy to save enough money to get
> it(drove 300 miles one way to get it!) I'm also needing a grill and
> the headlight rings. Would anyone be interested in the 1725 and
> trans.? Oh, by the way, did Alpines come with oil coolers? This car
> has one that is disconnected. Well, thats all.
> Thanks for any help in advance. Glad to be finally on the LIST!
>
> Shane Midgley
> '66 Series V
> B395001459
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