Hummm....I seem to remember having seen some sort of documentation of this once.
You are right about the XVC cars though. I'm thinking it was in the SAOC's
Alpine Guide somewhere? - Ian
"Christie, Scott" wrote:
> I have never seen any evidence that early Series I Alpines had a black dash.
> Even the intro film of the Alpine (showing the XVC-registered pre-production
> Alpines) showed them all with the silver dash
>
> Scott Christie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Spencer [mailto:ian(at)sunbeamalpine.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 9:59 PM
> To: Robert Wiseman
> Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Dash
>
> I've always understood that the very early Series I's had black dash
> boards. I've never seen one, but I believe Ron Tebo has one in his early
> SI.(number 627) They later changed to the Silver-Grey until the late
> SII's. The very late SII's had a black crackle dash just like the S3 ST's.
> The Series IV's and V's had a black vynil dash. (unless GT, then it was
> wood. The SV GT had a plastic dash with wood veneer. Is this correct?) -
> Ian
>
> Robert Wiseman wrote:
>
> > I've been reading about new dashes. My 61 Series I is just a black
> > plastic looking thing. I assume it is original. If now what should I
> > be looking for.
> > Rob
>
> --
> Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org>
> '61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO
> '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
-- Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org> '61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
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