Ian, I can't remember but the series 3 might have the later suspension with
the ball joints. They sit higher. I had a series 1 also and it sat way
lower if front than my series 5.
Regards Armand
>Well, I hope everyone on the list had a nice Thanksgiving. (those of you
>in the US that is) Now it's back to work and more Alpine questions.
>I have been assembling a Series 3 GT for a friend in Florida over the
>past year. The car is nearly finished and before I let him take the car
>back there are a few things I would like to do. One is to lower the
>front end. For some strange reason, this car sit's very high up in the
>front. If I make a fist and slide it between the tire and the fender
>lip, there is about a half inch clearence between both sides. He has the
>same size tires on his car that I have on my Harrington and the
>clearence on it won't even allow me to pass my fist between the tire and
>fender. Does any one have any ideas for why this might be? What can I do
>to lower it about an inch and a half? - Ian
>--
>Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org>
>'61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO
>'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
ritchie(at)mcn.org
Armand & Lorie Ritchie
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