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A good Alpine Story,
I have a co-worker that in his youth bought a 63 Sunbeam Alpine instead of the Austin Healy sitting next to it for $100 more, a mistake now when looking back. Dale liked the Alpine and being in California enjoyed the top down weather, this was in 1969 being young and groovy nothing like a cool hip car. Dale liked to party, 25 and well most of us remember being young and crazy. Dale and his buddy’s decide to go too a Chamber Brothers concert. Dale buy’s a case of beer and gallon of wine, hops in the red 63 Alpine and meets his pals at the concert. What a concert and after consuming the case of beer and the gallon of wine and rocking and grooving hops in his Alpine drunk and heads towards home, disclaimer – “Never Drink and Driveâ€. Dale was so drunk that the local bar would not let him in for another drink, so he heads home. Even drunk Dale can drive the little Alpine straight as an arrow down Highway 60 in LA on Riverside heading West bond. When he passed the police office that had someone else stopped the only reason he came after Dale was because the little red Alpine was going so fast. Now according to the LAPD he clocked Dale in the 63 Sunbeam Alpine going over 90 MPH, yes over 90. When the officer asked Dale to step out of the car, Dale fell out on the street, as we know its not a far fall from an Alpine. Dale collects himself and was promptly taken to Jail and booked for a DWI. A stiff fine of 350 dollars which in 1969 was a chunk of money and license suspended for one year, no jail time, and driving school. Alpine was left along the road and not towed was still sitting there when Dale went with buddy’s to take it home.
So somewhere in California is a police record of a 63 red Sunbeam Alpine being clocked going over 90 miles per hour in 1969.
Donna
I have a co-worker that in his youth bought a 63 Sunbeam Alpine instead of the Austin Healy sitting next to it for $100 more, a mistake now when looking back. Dale liked the Alpine and being in California enjoyed the top down weather, this was in 1969 being young and groovy nothing like a cool hip car. Dale liked to party, 25 and well most of us remember being young and crazy. Dale and his buddy’s decide to go too a Chamber Brothers concert. Dale buy’s a case of beer and gallon of wine, hops in the red 63 Alpine and meets his pals at the concert. What a concert and after consuming the case of beer and the gallon of wine and rocking and grooving hops in his Alpine drunk and heads towards home, disclaimer – “Never Drink and Driveâ€. Dale was so drunk that the local bar would not let him in for another drink, so he heads home. Even drunk Dale can drive the little Alpine straight as an arrow down Highway 60 in LA on Riverside heading West bond. When he passed the police office that had someone else stopped the only reason he came after Dale was because the little red Alpine was going so fast. Now according to the LAPD he clocked Dale in the 63 Sunbeam Alpine going over 90 MPH, yes over 90. When the officer asked Dale to step out of the car, Dale fell out on the street, as we know its not a far fall from an Alpine. Dale collects himself and was promptly taken to Jail and booked for a DWI. A stiff fine of 350 dollars which in 1969 was a chunk of money and license suspended for one year, no jail time, and driving school. Alpine was left along the road and not towed was still sitting there when Dale went with buddy’s to take it home.
So somewhere in California is a police record of a 63 red Sunbeam Alpine being clocked going over 90 miles per hour in 1969.
Donna
