The "LOVE BUG" Alpine gets some Love

[spmdr]

With most of my retied-kick-back effort being

lavished on the "Weekend Racer" Alpine, the "Love Bug"

Alpine has been neglected, both in use and here on the Forum.

For those of you who don't know about the

"Love Bug" Alpine, it is one of the many cars

used in the 1969 Disney Movie "Love Bug".

I covered the discovery of the car here:

The Story of the Alpine Movie stars

As Paul Harvey would say, "the REST of the story" Road Racing Sunbeam Alpines in So Cal from the '60s. This is a (shortened) story(s) fit for "History Detectives".... When I look back over the series of events, it's hard to believe! ...Something like fact is stranger than Fiction. My...

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And here are some pictures taken from the movie.











And here is a picture of it (#67) back in 1967, at Santa Barbara, with Corb Flick in #69.



The car was raced into the '70s and included a mandatory Rollbar up date.

Here is how the car looked in 2016.



And then a few months later at the Monterey Historics/ Reunion.



The engine compartment 2016.



And some more Love bug Alpine here:

Sebring Alpine to run at Monterey

The Sebring Alpine will be on the track Thur.(8-23) Fri. and Sat.

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More to come.

DW

 

[alpine_64]

@spmdr the bug has the left side scuttle brace removed...did it run different carbs at some point?

 

[spmdr]

Here is how the car was bought in '16.

I didn't take the time to dig up an early left side brace.

I tripped over the correct right side brace so it was installed.

DW

 

[spmdr]

Here is a brief youtube video of the Love Bug Movie that includes the Alpine in the background.

Cut to 0:23, 0:28 and 2:05

DW

 

[hartmandm]

I am curious. Is the brake reservoir location a stock setup? I haven't seen that before.



Thanks,
Mike

 

[spmdr]

The Love Bug Alpine is a series 1 and as far as I know, that is the STD Brake configuration.

I have another S1 Alpine with the same Res mount.

The WR S2 Alpine has the Res mounted on the firewall, instead of the inner fender

DW

 

[coonhndtim]

My early series two has the fender mounted reservoir and cowl mounted prop rod just like this. B9103067 manufactured Feb 61.