"Silverstein, Steve" wrote:
> > ----------
> > From: Silverstein, Steve
> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 6:29 AM
> > To: 'Clivepococ(at)aol.com'
> > Subject: Tips and pointers
> >
> > Clive,
> >
> > Since you are new to the car (and I'm not sure if you have owned older
> > cars before) it would be good to try and accumulate images and information
> > to keep the car original as possible, Some good books include The
> > Sunbeam Alpine, by Graham Robinson as well as the "gold portfolio" that
> > someone mentioned. I think these are available from Classic Motorbooks (
> > http://www.motorbooks.com/ ) .
> >
> > The dash is available from Sunbeam Specialties in Los Gatos, CA. It is
> > a nice dash and very reasonable in price. This would be a good thing to
> > change with the window off.
> >
> > Be careful about the dash if you are at the upper end or lower end of the
> > serial numbers for that series. I have a SII with a SIII dash layout.
> > My car was near the end of SII production. Remember keeping it original
> > is important....of course changes will be made by accident
> >
> > I also made the mistake of painting my dash what appeared to be the
> > correct Silver. I heard that in the US they changed the color to black
> > because the US market didn't like the Silver. When I found my car the
> > dash was black crackled and crazed with silver showing through. I
> > thought somebody had painted it black and did a poor job! But from what I
> > was told is the importer changed the color. I don't know if this is
> > true but eventually I will find out. BTW, the warm silver looks great.
> >
> > Have fun with the car.
> >
> >
> > Steven Silverstein
> >
> >
Steven:
I have the dash you describe on an early Series I. Ian Spenser and others think
the silver color is original and mine appears to be covered with a thin layer
of black vinyl with the silver showing through. How did you get this stuff
off? Did you then paint with something else?
Ron Tebo - Series I - B9000627LRX
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