1-owner series1
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**After a very happy sale agreement, sadly the new purchaser died suddenly. I'm looking once more for that special buyer who seeks a great running, quality restored, 1-owner Series-1 Alpine.**
COMPLETE ORIGINAL CLASSIC - photos posted in this Forum's Gallery, see below.
1980’s highest quality restoration to original condition
Maintained and driven since 1988 whenever the roadway is dry
Accident-free, low mileage, well-loved, clean and no rodents!
Original equipment: all glass, steering wheel, seats and upholstery, dashboard, gauges, tonneau cover, wheels, wheel covers, windows cranks, gas filler cap, windshield wiper arms, mirror, hard top, horn, jack, owner's manual (well stained!), most of owner's toolkit.
HISTORY
First owner: my husband Nick Francis, pilot stationed at RCAF Base Greenwood NS
Received off the boat at the docks in Halifax, Nova Scotia, spring 1960
ABOUT the Sunbeam Alpine Series 1 - from teae.org/field-guide-to-sunbeam-alpines
The first of the finned Alpines, this model was introduced in October 1959 and produced until October 1960. 11,904 were built, and most were exported to the USA. The new Alpine set a trend for refinement in low cost British sports cars which was soon copied by Triumph, MG and Austin Healey. The car used a modified Rootes sedan engine with an aluminum head and dual Zenith downdraft carbs, a soft top that could be hidden by special integral covers and the first available wind-up side windows offered in a British sports car of that time. Roll-up windows, convenient soft top. and American styling influence made it popular in the USA.
COMPLETE ORIGINAL CLASSIC - photos posted in this Forum's Gallery, see below.
1980’s highest quality restoration to original condition
Maintained and driven since 1988 whenever the roadway is dry
Accident-free, low mileage, well-loved, clean and no rodents!
Original equipment: all glass, steering wheel, seats and upholstery, dashboard, gauges, tonneau cover, wheels, wheel covers, windows cranks, gas filler cap, windshield wiper arms, mirror, hard top, horn, jack, owner's manual (well stained!), most of owner's toolkit.
HISTORY
First owner: my husband Nick Francis, pilot stationed at RCAF Base Greenwood NS
Received off the boat at the docks in Halifax, Nova Scotia, spring 1960
- 1960-63 driven all over eastern Canada and New England in summer and winter
- ∼1963 driven to Ottawa, garage storage
- 1981-84 major restoration, Alan Griffin’s classic auto restoration shop in Ottawa, ON
- Installed Series 5 engine block 1725cc, retained original manifold and carbs
- Body work steel-fabricated by Scottish panel-beater (see photos); no body filler
- All new hoses, wiring, rubber, etc.
- Basecoat/clearcoat in Alfa red (deeper than original Carnival red)
- 1988 trailered Ottawa-Vancouver (Galiano Island) on custom-built tandem axle flatbed trailer; inspected and licensed ever since with BC collector plate B05-396
- 1988-2019 continuously driven and maintained in road-worthy condition, under cloth dust cover in garage
- 2011 authentic soft top cut and installed by Geoff Horsfall’s shop, Duncan, BC
- 2017 minor repairs, heater rebuilt by David Gilmour’s BMC Motors, Vancouver, BC
- 2018 relocated to dust-free, dry underground parking in Vancouver, BC
ABOUT the Sunbeam Alpine Series 1 - from teae.org/field-guide-to-sunbeam-alpines
The first of the finned Alpines, this model was introduced in October 1959 and produced until October 1960. 11,904 were built, and most were exported to the USA. The new Alpine set a trend for refinement in low cost British sports cars which was soon copied by Triumph, MG and Austin Healey. The car used a modified Rootes sedan engine with an aluminum head and dual Zenith downdraft carbs, a soft top that could be hidden by special integral covers and the first available wind-up side windows offered in a British sports car of that time. Roll-up windows, convenient soft top. and American styling influence made it popular in the USA.
- High fins, angled like ’57 Chevy
- Low (4″) roll-up window guide post
- Horizontal spare tire over gas tank
- All chrome bumper guards
- Rear edge of roll-up window is curved
- “Bubble” shaped hardtop with wraparound rear window
- Soft top stored under folding louvers
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