Ian-The disease you are afflicted with is commonly referred to as Alpinitis.
We have been fornutate enough to have only been hit by this bug three times,
although there are times when I can feel the symptoms coming on but they
quickly go away after I linger around my wife with a guilt feeling. Any more
entries on your receipt name and you wil need a full page just to sign off!
Good Luck Brent
Ian Spencer wrote:
> Well...I guess Jan and I are in serious need of psychological help. He
> and I drove all the way to Columbus, Ohio today for a Volunteers of
> America Auction that was suppose to have a Sunbeam hitting the block.
> So, we decided it wouldn't hurt to just go and check it out. Boy oh boy,
> you should have seen it. There were some real winners at this place.
> But, we did find the Alpine and it was scheduled to be the 27th car to
> be auctioned off.
>
> The Alpine was basically a complete Series V with a hardtop. The car had
> the usual Ohio rust etc... We decided to bid, but felt that one of the
> idiots there would surly run the bidding up to a price that was way more
> than what it was worth. We figured $500.00. There was the usual band of
> experts milling around the car making the usual statements like "That
> things got a V8 in it!" and "A little paint and it would be like new."
> The way Jan and I saw it...we were bidding on a hardtop.
>
> It was soon the Alpines turn on the block and the bidding began at
> $5000.00. Then $4000.00. Then $3000.00, well, you get the gist. It
> finally went down to $500.00 and someone placed a bid. Another person
> countered. These two bid back and fourth until it stopped at 750.00. The
> auctioneer asked for $800.00 and both guys shook their heads no. Then,
> out of no-where, Jan raised his hand...SOLD. We had just bought an
> Alpine. I looked over at Jan and all he said was "I just couldn't let it
> go to one of those idiots." and I agreed.
>
> We were now faced with a problem. How to get this thing home? We tried
> to call a U-haul place to rent a trailer or dolly, but everything in
> town was sold out for the weekend. Traffic in Columbus was a mess and we
> only had a couple of hours to figure out how we were going to get this
> thing back. The solution lied directly across the street. Sitting in
> front of a Tractor Supply Store was a brand new tandem axle trailer.
> Well, I've been wanting a new trailer anways so....Okay, can anyone
> suggest a good shrink? Boy when my wife finds out that I've brought home
> ANOTHER Alpine, she's gonna shoot me!
> --
> Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org>
> '61 Series II Alpine B9104704 LRX
> '61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO
> '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
> '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9117497 OD LRX
> '63 Series 3 Alpine B9204386 GT LRX
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