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Bonnet flash
- Thread starter Limey
- Start date
Yes, it's best kept in the box, on the shelf.
alpine_64
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Oliver.. i'd give you the dimensions.. but i'd have to kill you after....
the cars have such clean lines.. pleeeeeeeease... dont.. on your car harrington went to the trouble of a cantilevered boot so that you remove the afterthought hinges.. and you are going to add upright after thought chintz to a plunging bonnet...
the cars have such clean lines.. pleeeeeeeease... dont.. on your car harrington went to the trouble of a cantilevered boot so that you remove the afterthought hinges.. and you are going to add upright after thought chintz to a plunging bonnet...
LOL - the last thing we need is a rash of these things appearing on Alpines and the general public starts thinking they were standard equipment. We have enough misperceptions about our cars - let's not add to it!
That looks quite neat if you ask me
alpine_64
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LOL - the last thing we need is a rash of these things appearing on Alpines and the general public starts thinking they were standard equipment. We have enough misperceptions about our cars - let's not add to it!
you mean minilite/superlite/panasport wheels weren't optional? Mota Lita wheels were not stock and all the cars had carpet mats?
65beam
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that was the really neat thing about dealers in the 60's. you could drive a new sunbeam off the lot with just about any option you wanted. that included minilites, hallibrand, amco items, full carpets, etc, etc. byers in columbus would even swap interiors on cars if you wanted. they didn't care whether it was factory correct or not. try to get a dealer to do that today! the only car i have ever seen with the hood ornament was on a Harrington. i stood in his driveway in reno and looked at it from different angles and it does go with that particular car. probably due to the paint color.
that was the really neat thing about dealers in the 60's. you could drive a new sunbeam off the lot with just about any option you wanted. that included minilites, hallibrand, amco items, full carpets, etc, etc. byers in columbus would even swap interiors on cars if you wanted. they didn't care whether it was factory correct or not. try to get a dealer to do that today! the only car i have ever seen with the hood ornament was on a Harrington. i stood in his driveway in reno and looked at it from different angles and it does go with that particular car. probably due to the paint color.
RootesRich
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I only wish I had a couple of them in their original boxes sitting on my shelf...
Jay Laifman
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Remember that Kenneth Howes, who designed the car, did it with the idea of as little extra bits as possible, so that the shape of the car itself was the beauty of the car. It was the Rootes family that started mucking it up with badges, peaked headlights, more upright windshield, etc....
I agree with Jay. The Alpine body lines are so clean, they don´t need anything added to it. All that gingerbread just detracts from the beauty of the design.
On my first one (Series IV), the previous owner apparently hit something, because the whole front was a different faded red color, and an earlier hood was used, because it had a big ugly wart (badge) on the hood.
I stripped all the script, lettering and badges from the body before I had it painted. When it was done, it was just beautiful. I say NO, to any add ons on the Alpine body. It doesn´t need them.
Jose
On my first one (Series IV), the previous owner apparently hit something, because the whole front was a different faded red color, and an earlier hood was used, because it had a big ugly wart (badge) on the hood.
I stripped all the script, lettering and badges from the body before I had it painted. When it was done, it was just beautiful. I say NO, to any add ons on the Alpine body. It doesn´t need them.
Jose
Limey
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OK, OK! I get the message (you bunch of Jonahs)
If Im not fitting it then it needs to go to a better home. So,who wants to buy my restored bonnet flash?
Over 200 corrosion pits where hand drilled and copper filled by Derby Plating Ltd before chroming, they are the 'Rolls Royce' of chromers.(ask any Rolls Royce/Aston Martin/Ferrari restorer in the UK)
It is perfection. The finest bonnet flash in existence and I do not say this in jest.
Serious cash offers welcome (I'll swap for a Hartwell inlet manifold or a New York Virgin)
OR an extremely good pair of concours restored '60s Webers with short stacks(not modern)
Oliver
If Im not fitting it then it needs to go to a better home. So,who wants to buy my restored bonnet flash?
Over 200 corrosion pits where hand drilled and copper filled by Derby Plating Ltd before chroming, they are the 'Rolls Royce' of chromers.(ask any Rolls Royce/Aston Martin/Ferrari restorer in the UK)
It is perfection. The finest bonnet flash in existence and I do not say this in jest.
Serious cash offers welcome (I'll swap for a Hartwell inlet manifold or a New York Virgin)
OR an extremely good pair of concours restored '60s Webers with short stacks(not modern)
Oliver
alpine_64
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OK, OK! I get the message (you bunch of Jonahs)
If Im not fitting it then it needs to go to a better home. So,who wants to buy my restored bonnet flash?
Over 200 corrosion pits where hand drilled and copper filled by Derby Plating Ltd before chroming, they are the 'Rolls Royce' of chromers.(ask any Rolls Royce/Aston Martin/Ferrari restorer in the UK)
It is perfection. The finest bonnet flash in existence and I do not say this in jest.
Serious cash offers welcome (I'll swap for a Hartwell inlet manifold or a New York Virgin)
OR an extremely good pair of concours restored '60s Webers with short stacks(not modern)
Oliver
Oliver,
If you want to duplicate a hartwell setup.. hunt down i would guess weber 40DCOE 16's or 18's as used on the lotus cortina/elan twinks, i forget what the if they wer the 18's or 16's.. but they are set for small bore 1600's.
Jay Laifman
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Oliver,
I had no idea it was that nice! Well that's a totally different story. However might advice is NOT to put it on an Alpine, but instead find a Harrington to add to it!
I wrote that in jest - but since since I'm sure you already want a Harrington (wouldn't we all?), it would be a shame to sell that part and then one day come across the opportunity for just the right Harrington that would have benefitted by the flash.
I had no idea it was that nice! Well that's a totally different story. However might advice is NOT to put it on an Alpine, but instead find a Harrington to add to it!
I wrote that in jest - but since since I'm sure you already want a Harrington (wouldn't we all?), it would be a shame to sell that part and then one day come across the opportunity for just the right Harrington that would have benefitted by the flash.
Limey
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