Just started my first Alpine journey, 67SV occupies my tiny garage along with an ever growing list of things to be fixed or replaced. So far so very good, makes me almost giddy every day.
Body is in good shape albeit with 5 different colors of paint - it was originally Holly Green. Missing the original engine but has a 1725 – doesn't run but turns over. Without the original engine I don't feel obligated to the 1725...
First surprise was to find a spare key that was hidden under the valence. It appeared not to have been moved for a long time; dust evenly coating the key and surroundings – was a Canadian key blank. The PO may not have known it was there.
In the same general area, I noticed something odd – stabilizer itself was fairly solid in the mounts but what the? DPO drove nails through the bushings, flat head blued nails... It must have been rattling a bit on both sides because he drove them into each of the 4 bushings. Counted 12 nails.
Later I found a thin service type manual in the trunk, hidden between layers of carpet titled, Spells, Incantations and Advanced Sunbeam Suspension Tuning. On page 13 there are descriptions of how to moodify the front stabilizer using a deck. The deck is described as consisting of 14 special nails in a unique configuration.... blah blah blah
Update, I think I have a full deck, found the missing 2 nails in the front tires.
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Body is in good shape albeit with 5 different colors of paint - it was originally Holly Green. Missing the original engine but has a 1725 – doesn't run but turns over. Without the original engine I don't feel obligated to the 1725...
First surprise was to find a spare key that was hidden under the valence. It appeared not to have been moved for a long time; dust evenly coating the key and surroundings – was a Canadian key blank. The PO may not have known it was there.
In the same general area, I noticed something odd – stabilizer itself was fairly solid in the mounts but what the? DPO drove nails through the bushings, flat head blued nails... It must have been rattling a bit on both sides because he drove them into each of the 4 bushings. Counted 12 nails.
Later I found a thin service type manual in the trunk, hidden between layers of carpet titled, Spells, Incantations and Advanced Sunbeam Suspension Tuning. On page 13 there are descriptions of how to moodify the front stabilizer using a deck. The deck is described as consisting of 14 special nails in a unique configuration.... blah blah blah
Update, I think I have a full deck, found the missing 2 nails in the front tires.
D
I wish mine looked like that when I started, it would have saved me a ton of money. 
