[Alpines] Sunbeam Alpine Series II Rear Springs

Ron Tebo mrtebo at shaw.ca
Fri Sep 19 05:47:18 MDT 2008


Jim:

Thanks for the information and I will add to the archive. Does this mean 
that a Series I wouldn't be eligible for the performance springs you 
mentioned a few years ago, and, are those still available?

Ron Tebo

TIGEROOTES at aol.com wrote:

> Ron,
>        The spring perches are located in exactly the same location all 
> Alpines and Tigers, so it must be a change in the arch, just as you 
> said.  Series 1 Alpine differs in the width of the springs, exactly 
> the same as Husky 1 VS Husky 2 and 3 which have wide springs.
>
>        A few years back I saw a Tiger from California that used 
> specially made skinny rear leaf springs that allowed 8" wide wheels to 
> fit inside stock fenderwells.  A clever modification!
> Jim


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