Didn't FORD make a "FAIRLANE 500".
If so, That could have been the source of the 500.
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> From: Jay Laifman[SMTP:Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com]
> Reply To: Jay Laifman
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 1999 8:01 AM
> To: CANISDOG(at)aol.com; alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Original or Note
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> >Anyway, I now live in Colorado and last spring I saw a 1963 Alpine in the
> >paper. I went, looked, saw and fell in love with her body, again. This
> >Alpine turned out to be a GT and was very original, but falling apart
> from
> sun
> >and weather. There had been nothing and I say nothing done to the car
> that
> >would bring suspicion to anything being "not original."
> >The question is this: On the drivers side "Alpine" script in the same
> (or
> >very close) chrome script is the letters "500." It flows off of the
> Alpine
> >script to read "Alpine-500." The paint under the script is faded the
> same
> as
> >the rest and the installation was done like factory.
> >Has anyone ever seen this before? Was this a dealer ad-on just for fun
> or
> >what? Should I put it back during restoration?
>
> First congratulations on the purchase. I too am a proud owner of a SIII
> GT. There is a SIII registry that you should be sure to list your car on.
> Let Scott know at Scott.Christie(at)gecapital.com. You can find a list of
> the
> SIII's (without owner's names) at sunbeamalpine.com.
>
> As to the Alpine-500, I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb here
> in
> saying that is NOT factory. I believe it was Ian Gerrard who put a badge
> on a Tiger of his that had a big "V8" symbol. I can't remember if it was
> the very first Tiger, or a Tiger that was campaigned in racing. I do know
> that others copied it. But, it was not "500." This badge might also have
> been used in Europe for the "Alpine-V8." But, I'm not sure.
>
> I would be interested to know why that was done. I presume they did not
> shrink the engine to 500cc. I also presume there is no 500 cu in engine
> under the hood.
>
> Lastly, note that you posted your inquiry to the Tiger group, and I have
> copied it to the Alpine group. There are plenty of cross-listers. But, I
> thought I'd point out that there are more than one that you might want to
> join.
>
> Jay
>
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