Jim,
When my Series III GT was declared DOA by my body guy due to rot, I made the
smartest Sunbeam decision yet. I bought a plane ticket to San Diego, bought
a rust free CA car and shipped it back to Vermont. To quote that credit card
commercial that has been running on TV recently
Plane ticket to San Diego - $350
Shipping for the car - $900
Driving my Alpine THIS summer - Priceless
Just my opinion.
Kurt "bias-ply" Eckert
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alpines(at)autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-alpines(at)autox.team.net]On Behalf Of JThw8(at)aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 8:48 PM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Alpines on the Brain
>
>
> Well, I am still aiding my friend in the reassembly of his Series
> 3 pretty
> much done now. The car looks great. Now I am still dreaming of my own
> Alpine. The lead on the Series 5 is still waiting. The owner of
> the car is
> out of town and supposed to contact us when he returns. So since
> I have time
> to contemplate I guess I should ask what are the things which
> should turn me
> away from any potential cars? What to look for? At first I
> thought rotted
> floors, cruddy body and even frame rot might stop me but I ran
> into all of
> that on my friends car and we sucked it up, pulled out the welder
> and fixed
> it. Ok, so the floor patches wont win any shows, and boxing in the frame
> didnt exactly look stock either, but Im looking for drivers not
> show cars.
> So is there anything which I should definitely just say no to?
> Yes I do have
> my limits...the parts car for my Austin Healy proved that to
> me....there is
> no structure to that car so I abandoned all hope of restoration
> and turned it
> into parts. Oh well Im just rambling to fill my time till I
> find an Alpine
> to call my own. All help, leads, references to therapists gladly
> accepted.
> :)
>
> Jim
>
>
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