- 41. Alpine vs. Talbot (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 21:54:25 -0400
- I too have had the itch for a somewhat exotic car-being a Hillmanite, the car was a 1951 Hillman Minx. A mistake.... why? I loved the car, it was neat but it had an absolute top speed of about 60 MPH
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00438.html (8,639 bytes)
- 42. Rover V-8 (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:15:17 -0400
- The Cutlass/F-85 and Buick Skylark/Special used a normal driveshaft-it was the Pontiac Tempest that used a flexible driveshaft and a transaxle. The problem with the Olds and Buick automatics (called
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00440.html (8,432 bytes)
- 43. Re: Re: Alpine vs. Talbot (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:26:26 -0400
- You do not mention handling or having to stop hard when some idiot cuts in front of you or does some other stupid maneuver. The problem is handling and braking. Jan Ah, but there is no comparison be
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00441.html (10,227 bytes)
- 44. Re: Re: Re: Alpine vs. Talbot (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:10:47 -0400
- Owned a 1953 Drophead in 1971. It was OK then-but the other cars on the road were American cars of the sixties. They were quite a a bit quicker but probably had smaller brakes then the ST and their
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00455.html (13,434 bytes)
- 45. Re: Re: Thirsty Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 19:39:08 -0500
- Some years ago a friend of mine had a Toyota Corolla that had a very small head gasket leak-it just leaked coolant into one combustion chamber, nothing else-no water in the oil or anything like that.
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00486.html (8,457 bytes)
- 46. Am I nuts? (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:33:48 -0500
- You are not nuts at all.... never loan out something of great value to you to someone who does not appreciate the value of it. To your friend, your Alpine is down there in the "junker" category-if t
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00497.html (8,475 bytes)
- 47. Buy Them All? (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:32:36 -0500
- I seem to remember seeing a comment in a magazine somewhere that it would be possible to buy all of the Sunbeam Tigers that are still in existence for something like $10 million. That is not as out-o
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00505.html (8,081 bytes)
- 48. Ferrari in an Alpine (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:31:56 -0500
- With all of the cylinder head design work being done in England back then, the only reason I can think of why Rootes would go to Ferrari would be to give Lord Rootes a company paid trip to sunny Ital
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00508.html (9,128 bytes)
- 49. Re: RE: Ferrari in an Alpine (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:23:49 -0500
- Hmmmmm, the Jensen Healey used a Hillman Avenger transmission (read Plymouth Cricket) and this was available with an O/D???? I did not know that, interesting. I gather the later ZF trans was from a B
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00522.html (9,238 bytes)
- 50. Re: RE: RE: Ferrari in an Alpine (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 15:05:40 -0500
- Oh, I am using a Jensen Healey speedometer cable in my Cricket and the fellow at the Jensen Healey place called the trans a "Talbot" trans. That was not quite true-the Hunters were gone by the time o
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00527.html (8,412 bytes)
- 51. Re: Re: Alpine Gear Shifter Boot (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 21:38:32 -0400
- My Hillman has little metal clips that clip onto the metal and give the rubber boot something to hang onto. I wonder if the Alpine had these also and they have rusted away (or come off inside the rim
- /html/alpines/2000-09/msg00071.html (7,286 bytes)
- 52. Re: Coolaire Air Conditioner (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:32:26 -0400
- An add-on air conditioner was initially offered as an option on the 1959 Series III Hillman Minx and teh Series II Rapier. They were available through about 1963 that I know of (and possibly later).
- /html/alpines/2000-09/msg00077.html (7,909 bytes)
- 53. Re: Not starting (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:47:06 -0400
- Pull all of the spark plugs out and see if it cranks faster. Also check the oil- maybe it is too full or too thick (try thinner oil). Check all heavy electrical connections and make sure that the en
- /html/alpines/2000-09/msg00078.html (7,480 bytes)
- 54. Re: rpms vs. mph (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 22:34:11 -0400
- Way, way off..... more like 3500RPM for 60MPH. Are you sure you are in top Jan happen within the next 1000 or so rpms! Scott Donnelly SV
- /html/alpines/2000-09/msg00093.html (7,461 bytes)
- 55. Re: Re: rpms vs. mph (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:01:20 -0400
- Even a 4.22:1 rear wouldn't give that RPM- the 3500RPM I quoted was with a 4.55: 1 rear! (with 15 inch rims) Jan Eyerman 1959 Hillman Minx 1972 1/2 Plymouth Cricket If your car was factory equipped w
- /html/alpines/2000-09/msg00104.html (8,728 bytes)
- 56. Leaded Gas (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 11:33:09 -0400
- As you probably know, leaded gas has been gone for many years here in the USA (except at small airports where you can still 100 octane avgas) and the antique car hobby has survived on rebuilt cylinde
- /html/alpines/2000-09/msg00154.html (10,366 bytes)
- 57. Re: Re: Leaded Gas (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 13:14:35 -0400
- My local Sunoco carries racing fuel-but I was trying keep the message short and it was intended for England. Actually, most airports will only pump fuel directly into airplanes-they will NOT pump it
- /html/alpines/2000-09/msg00159.html (7,906 bytes)
- 58. Re: Re: RE: Title (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 13:30:36 -0400
- I recently read somewhere that a Corvette was recovered 25 years after it was stolen. It was returned to its original owner..... even though someone had just spent thousands of dollars restoring it.
- /html/alpines/2000-09/msg00160.html (11,492 bytes)
- 59. Re: Rotary Alpine (fwd) (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 09:48:55 -0400
- I saw a rotary engined Alpine at the East Coast Moss Motors show in Dover NJ about 2 years ago... nice neat job. I do not think it was the southern car as it had no body damage and did not appear to
- /html/alpines/2000-09/msg00201.html (8,683 bytes)
- 60. Re: Re: Dilema on E Bay 8-) (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:40:22 -0400
- Many years ago, Thom Ehrhart told me that "Sunbeams are cheap to buy, but very expensive to restore". that fire extinguisher sounds like it fits into the second part of Thom's quote. Jan Eyerman No P
- /html/alpines/2000-09/msg00257.html (8,799 bytes)
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