[Tigers] Tigers Digest, Vol 2, Issue 70

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Tom et  al,
I don't know what car the Bashes owned, but this one looks like a  
Series IV; single carb, letters over the grill, early pedals,  etc.
Dick



I was at this shop yesterday for a club meeting and the Alpine was  in a 
garage that was snowed in. I'll go back in the spring and try to get some  
pictures.  As to the $14,000....the owners of the shop say it's 40,000  miles and 
completely original...and thus their $14,000.  You have to keep  in mind this 
shop is not used to dealing with anything as mundane as an  Alpine.  I counted 42 
cars inside. They own about 30 or them the others are  in for repairs.  Of 
the 42 at least half were Ferraris. Then about 25% were  Porsches and the 
remainder were Jags and other Europeans.
Here is the link again to the business
_http://www.rpmvt.com/sunbeam.html_ (http://www.rpmvt.com/sunbeam.html) 
If you read the history of the shop it's pretty interesting.   I think I 
remember a newspaper article saying that the Ferrari  Barchetta that the owner got 
as a young boy turned out to be extremely  rare.  I get the feeling that the 
money from this might have  funded  the beginnings of this operation.
Anyway, today it is a first class shop with customers from 1,000  miles away 
shipping their Ferraris to have major overhauls done...and I get the  feeling 
that if you have to worry about how much it will cost...you probably  should 
be looking for another shop:-)  But, very nice and down to earth  people.
Mark
 
 



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