And I second Ian. I know the history of my S2 B9103649 after owning it for more than
29 years and have never seen any sign of black on the dash, just silvergray. Brent
Ian Spencer wrote:
> I stand behind my original dash statement. Although the fact of the XVC cars has
> me wondering about the early SI dash being black. I do believe that I read in the
> SAOC Alpine guide that the early SI's had a black dash.
> SI through SII had a silver dash.
> Very late SII, built during the beginning of S3 production had black dashes.
> Series IV and IV have black vinyl covered dashes.
> I have owned and parted out well over 50 Alpines and still counting. I have only
> seen Series I's with silver dashes. But, I believe there might be some truth to
> the early ones being black. I've been looking through my material to see if I can
> find where I may have seen this referenced. I could be wrong.
>
> Alpdavegre(at)aol.com wrote:
>
> > Okay Listers,
> >
> > Now I'll churn up the already muddy waters some more. I have 5 S1 Alpines,3
> > have non-stock dash boards in them. Sues S1 B9005923LRX fully restored dash
> > is silver it was silver when I started restoring it and had the paint color
> > matched up by the NAPA paint store so I have that particular color match. The
> > other S1 B9008060 has a black painted dash that appears to be a brownish
> > color originally from the bakelite.
> > Now for the monkey wrench to fowl things up some more. I have a S2
> > B9110133LRX that has a black painted dash but under the gauge areas it shows
> > to be silver! Now I know the dash could have been change in its life but
> > doubtful.
> >
> > I for one would like to find out when the color change happened on the
> > Alpines dashboard. There are little things that we all find out about on the
> > Sunbeams that make it an even more interesting car to talk about. I for one
> > enjoy it all!!!
> >
> > Dave Green 5 S1s,1 S2, 2 S4s, 2 S5s, 1 Mk 1 Tiger(keeps me broke restoring
> > it)!
> > Tucson, Az.
>
> --
> Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org>
> '61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO
> '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
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