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    68 Alpine suspension and brake upgrades?

    Great Barry! Thanks for that!
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    68 Alpine suspension and brake upgrades?

    This is the one I priced up for the customer, says alpine all years? http://www.swaybars.com/detail.asp?productid=5963 This was before I found it on the summit site. Haven't ordered anything yet, haven't 100% got the job yet, given the prices now to play the waiting game.
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    68 Alpine suspension and brake upgrades?

    Hmmmm interesting, when you say early bars, how early are we talking? The 65 won't fit a 68?
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    68 Alpine suspension and brake upgrades?

    Ah I think I found it, they list up to a 65 alpine I think. Are the bars not all same across the years?
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    68 Alpine suspension and brake upgrades?

    Had a look on summits web-site, can't find a sway bar for an alpine on there. I assume when you say summit you mean summit racing ?
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    68 Alpine suspension and brake upgrades?

    I just assumed that the rear had an anti-roll bar from factory, ok I won't bother with one of those then. Found this brake kit in the UK. Seems good value for money: http://www.britishclassiccarparts.com/sunbeam-alpine-series-5-brake-caliper-kit-6765-p.asp
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    68 Alpine suspension and brake upgrades?

    Ok, after reading everyone's comments and doing some thinking, I think what I will suggest to him will be upgrade the front and rear anti-roll bars to the addco industries ones , a small wilwood front disc kit with 4 pot calipers and some 15 inch wheels with a tyre size of around 225/50R15 and...
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    68 Alpine suspension and brake upgrades?

    It's a roadster, looks the same as this but in red :) http://www.sussexsportscars.co.uk/cars/1968-sunbeam-alpine-series-5-2/
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    68 Alpine suspension and brake upgrades?

    Thanks for the info guys, I'll discuss it with the owner of the car, see if he wants to do just the V6 conversion and see how the car drives before doing any other upgrades then. You say the mustang 2 calipers bolt straight on, whats the advantage of this? Do the discs bolt straight on to...
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    68 Alpine suspension and brake upgrades?

    Hello guys, my first post on this forum. I run a small restoration shop in the UK mainly specialising in American cars, I have been contacted by a customer who has a 68 alpine wanting to do a V6 conversion on amongst other things. I've allready contacted Jose about the V6 conversion. My customer...
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