Hi, folks! The Sunbeam Registry is now updated, and current as of information received 6/1/2012. Thanks to Andrew for posting the update, and to all for you patience. (Our next update will be in early September.)
Our first order of business was to execute the pending updates and new entries, and highlight some serial numbers that may be inaccurate due to missing or extra numbers. Serial numbers we had questions about contain a
red character -- either
? or
X. (We also moved some S/Ns to their proper Series classifications, and have a few others to move pending S/N clarification or updates.)
Please check your listing, and look for the red characters, and also note any updates or corrections by using the Registry interface:
http://www.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?categoryid=17
Please use the Registry interface only. Please don't use this thread, PMs, forum posts, direct email, smoke signals, etc. This way all the information comes in via the expected channels, and the communication is appropriately backed-up and all that.
If you find you need to make a change/update, just enter your car's serial number, and what info needs changed in the boxes available. Then please place the word "UPDATE" in the comments area at the bottom, and a quick note about the nature of the change. For example: "Update engine number as shown". Or, "Color is now 19 Moonstone." If the serial number itself is the subject of the change, please put the correct one in the Serial Number box, and note the "wrong" one in the comments. For example, "UPDATE B395013950 is wrong."
What we
would like you to put in this thread, though, are your comments and ideas about the Registry. Do you want your real name (or forum name) and/or general geographic location listed? (Do keep in mind the possible privacy implications of your choices...)
Or how about a link to your photo album or website about your car? More information about modifications, or originality detail? Entries for your "engine inventory"?
Also, please give some thought to whether we should add categories for Imps? Alpine GT? Other Rootes vehicles? Or just one other category of: "Other Rootes Vehicles"?
Please note that the scope of the Registry does not currently include detailed ownership history, listing update history, or other data concerning the car's "provenance." (We can't reach back into state DMV databases, for example.)
I'd also like to encourage those of you who have not yet listed your cars to please do so. I know I'll make sure to mention it to new forum members, too.
So let us know what you'd like to see. It's your club!
Thanks!