- 21. RE: SUNBEAM [Fwd: Paint colours] (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:17:41 +1000
- I've heard that Sunbeam-Talbots could be specially ordered in any colour the buyer desired if he didn't like the standard factory colours. If this is true, then any colour that was available in Brita
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00042.html (8,731 bytes)
- 22. RE: SUNBEAM [Fwd: Paint colours] (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:03:45 +1000
- Years ago my dad broke a very sad 90 for parts. It was grey, but I don't remember it being metallic. It was however badly sun bleached, and for all I know may not have been the original colour. Russ
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00046.html (7,581 bytes)
- 23. Oldsmobile..... (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:03:49 +1000
- Hi Jan, That's not quite right about Sunbeam and Alfa Romeo. ALFA, as it was originally called, kicked off building Darracqs under licence. Darracq was a French manufacturer which merged with Sunbeam
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00211.html (7,241 bytes)
- 24. movies (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 13:20:51 +1000
- Spotted a Rootes-related appearance on film the other day. Ordinary Decent Criminal was a recent release at my local video store and is an Irish movie starring Kevin Spacey. Spacey is a bank robber w
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00005.html (6,476 bytes)
- 25. Rootes at the movies (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:03:56 +1000
- Another Rootes sighting on video! We got out a recent release called "Gangster Number One" over the weekend. Gangster Number One drives a Super Snipe, and there was a white Series IV or V Alpine in a
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00068.html (6,632 bytes)
- 26. RE: Poster (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:50:27 +1000
- Yes, I've noticed some detail errors too, but you need to look hard to pick them up. Donning anorak, I thought the most obvious ones were the boot lid on the finned Alpines doesn't look quite right a
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00171.html (7,442 bytes)
- 27. ebay (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:54:43 +1000
- Anyone else spot this delicious 1939 Sunbeam-Talbot police car on ebay? Russ http://cgi.ebay.com.au/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1624516734 [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type applicati
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00172.html (6,556 bytes)
- 28. RE: RRX (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 15:49:00 +1000
- Just a thought, but could it be an order through Rootes' overseas delivery scheme? I'm not entirely certain how the scheme worked, but I believe a car could be ordered specially for delivery anywhere
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00252.html (8,280 bytes)
- 29. Rootes tour (Australia) (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:06:02 +1000
- I see that a Rootes tour to Ayres Rock is being organised for June/July 2003. That sounds like it could be fun. Anyone on the list thinking of doing it? You would want to have confidence in your car
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00304.html (6,820 bytes)
- 30. RE: Alpine ROLLER ROCKERS Revisited (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:01:45 +1000
- That would be Geoff Morse. Russ I called them and spoke with a Jeff ( Geoff? )
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00352.html (6,767 bytes)
- 31. Alpine numbers growing (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:02:30 +1000
- Yesterday I called in to a shop that sells rubber and trim clips and such for all makes of old cars. The guy in the shop asked me what sort of car I needed bits for and told I him it was an Alpine. H
- /html/alpines/2001-07/msg00181.html (6,839 bytes)
- 32. RE: Starter Motor (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:29:41 +1000
- Hi Vic, I was having this problem a while back and it turned out to be a bad earth. Is your engine-to-body earth strap nice and secure? Russ So now my starter motor has decided to go slow. It still c
- /html/alpines/2001-07/msg00299.html (7,493 bytes)
- 33. RE: [re: Jack Needed] (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:30:03 +1000
- Yep, I'm with Jan. Years ago I was changing the Rotoflex couplings on my Imp - a process which involves getting the rear wheels off the ground and then turning them by hand to try to get the bolt hol
- /html/alpines/2001-07/msg00370.html (7,886 bytes)
- 34. RE: Wheel/Hub badges (score: 1)
- Author: Russell Maddock <russell@pbirwin.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 12:59:44 +1000
- The badge itself appears to be a Rapier hubcap badge. I would suggest they may have been liberated from a Rapier and attached to the alloy wheel centres. Russ Maddock While looking for something else
- /html/alpines/2001-07/msg00429.html (7,786 bytes)
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