mikephillips
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The VB floors come from one of the English companies, don't recall which one offhand. But it doesn't really matter since they're about the only thing available these days.
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It may be a good idea to dip this car to remove all the rust and take it back to bare metal before doing any rust repairs.
Those three metallic colors, # 61 Quartz Blue / # 67 Light Green / # 68 Autumn Gold were offered ONLY for the Series 3 Alpine, and as you know the Series 3 had a very limited production run of 11 months. I've seen one light green metallic with black interior and green piping, no quartz blue cars, but many Autumn Gold cars. For some reason many Series 3 GTs were ordered in Autumn Gold.
The fact that you have a rare color combo and the matching engine makes for a very desirable car in my book, but the outcome will depend solely on your bravery in tackling this restoration!
I don't mean to discourage you, but this car is going to be a seriously expensive restoration. Maybe some won't have the nerve to tell you that it is almost gone, but I will. Not to be a party pooper, but just to let you know what you are getting into.
It looks like the whole undercarrage is gone. Is this the same one that had the rotted out rockers? If it is, it is definitely gone. The fact that it is a numbers matching car, is of little, if any value, considering the shape it is in.
For safety sake, I wouldn't even think of driving it in it's current condition. For what you will have invested in this car by the end of restoration, you could have bought two really nice Series 3's.
Jose
Well Ghoul,
You are free to do what you want with your car. I was trying to give you some good advice. I'm glad you are so qualified to repair something like this poor car, because there aren't many guys that can.. Everyone will admire and applaud your efforts, when you finally get it going. We will see just how long it will take and how much money you will spend on it, before you are done.
Jose
I'm afraid that your definition of "superficial rust" differs somewhat from mine. Maybe you could post the 10 pics that show the car to be a "rust free gem". Believe me, some of us have owned Alpines for 40-odd years and can recognise a car that is realistically restorable from one that isn't and we are only trying to give you some impartial advice.
Any input/tips or answers will be much appreciated.