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Thanks Bob, as you already know the Alpines are marvellous cars. Definitely worth getting another one….

Yes it is a beauty.

They are a lovely car to drive, perfect in a city. Very under rated.

It doesn’t work like that. Cars are invited to appear and the organisers generally pick special and rare cars or those owned by celebrities. Having a Sunbeam of any sort there was highly unusual and an honour for the marque. Andrew Yates’s car was invited because it is such a high quality restoration of an extremely rare car.

I love the fact that these two are out in one of their classics all year round. Proper owners.

It is a pretty unique story, that is for sure!

Proper Alpine owners, ignore the weather, drive the car!

Yes they are truly lovely and it is so good to see people their age using these old cars as they were meant to be used. Mick's 'owned from new' Morris with almost ½ million miles on it is incredible.

Lovely couple. Hope to meet one day

They certainly were great days.

Kieran if the history interests you watch the other video that is all about the history of the Club Weber Carb set up. ua-cam.com/video/yRMAlu7RIvk/v-deo.htmlsi=tUukYNhg_XeUZWKF

John, hopefully you got it sorted in the end!

Glad you enjoyed it. We want as many Alpine owners as possible to tell their stories on this channel.

Brent my advice would be to contact the Sunbeam Alpine Owner’s Club.

Lovely cars.

Alpine Innovations have breathed new life into the old Rootes engines with this manifold and carb set up. We have it on two of our Alpines and it has revolutionised them. You will find that the mpg improves so much that the kit actually pays for itself remarkably quickly.

I used to have a mate who made steel wheels for Ford cars at Dagenham back in the day. I’ll tell him his work was not good enough!

Glad you enjoyed the video.

It certainly does look like fun!

Shannon, I haven’t seen that but making use of a roll bar makes sense.

There are lots of options from physical auctions and auction sites to adverts on Facebook but expect people to be suspicious and to want to only deal in person or through a site where any money transferred is protected.

Eddie you don’t need one when the car isn’t registered in the U.K. (Alpi had been exported and was registered in Southern Ireland). You can’t (or at least at that time couldn’t) get a U.K. registration without an MOT so the car had to be trailered TO the MOT station BUT if it passed you were then allowed to drive from the MOT station back to your home! Getting an unregistered, no number plate car insured so we could do that drive was also fun but we did it! The rules seem crazy but it was what DVLA advised us. Once she had passed the MOT they gave Alpi her original number plate back and we could tax her. The drive with no number plate on was the first drive we had had in Alpi for 24 years! It was wonderful.

@@TheSunbeamAlpineChannel Wowza that seems crazy, but totally DVLA. Well done for circumnavigating that idiotic bureaucracy. its a chicken or egg conundrum.

Sounds about right. You need to tell YOUR story because we all want to hear it!

I’m not sure it was a ‘light’ restoration!!!! The head gaskets only blow if people put tap water into the cooling system. When you put the minerals in tap water together with iron, copper and aluminium you cause the aluminium water channels to erode and the gasket blows. If you use distilled water and bluecol antifreeze (as Rootes recommended) there are no head gasket issues. Your Toyota has certainly done a lot of miles.

@@TheSunbeamAlpineChannel ln an engine if it is well engineered you should be able to put tap water in them why should you have to put distilled water into your cooling system l use tap water in my Toyota Hilux no problem obviously the 1725 alloy head Rootes Group engine wasn't very well engineered that's why there aren't many of them around and they finished selling Hillmans in Australia in the 1970s and l do see 30 year old Toyota's still driving around as daily drivers and in the 2000s l didn't see any Hillman Hunters driving around and l was a courier for 35 years and only saw one Hillman Hunter and l started in the mid 1980s and l should have seen at least couple of them only one and a couple of years ago on Christmas day l saw one 1966 Hillman Minx broken down on the side of an expressway but it was gone on Boxing Day my elder brother likes Rootes Group cars he has two of them both have not run in years and they have major engine problems and his daily driver that is running well is a 1976 Toyota yes Toyota Corolla and the Japanese cars especially in Australia most people bought them because they were so much more reliable than the British vehicles and Australia has absolutely embraced the Japanese cars and especially Toyota were Toyota's are the biggest selling brand in Australia for the last 25 years and the only other brand that will take over is Mazda as for European and British vehicles don't get a look in

@@lesklower7281 The Japanese destroyed the British Motorcycle industry too! You have to use distilled water in an Alpine engine because it has an iron block, copper gasket and aluminium head. If you use tap water (sometimes) the minerals dissolved in the water can act as a catalyst and cause the aluminium water chambers to erode. The head gasket then blows. Always distilled water.

I’m sure that you will. You may be a new Alpine owner but you will still have a unique story. Why not tell it on the channel? What made YOU choose an Alpine rather than an MG or some other 1960s car? What have you done to it? What are you going to do with it? What condition is it in? People will be interested.

You can always fit a removable soft top to a GT. This video shows how. ua-cam.com/video/M6DXJMEt2UY/v-deo.htmlsi=PXvgGTUmkEdheHZu

Thanks Bob, there are some really good ‘Me and My Alpine’ stories coming up. Everyone has a backstory as to WHY they have an Alpine, all are unique, some are really amazing.

Lots of different routes!!!

Richard, I’m glad that you enjoyed our story. Lots of others are coming up in the future from different Alpine owners from all over. Why not tell yours?

Alan, I am really glad that you enjoyed the story. Lots of different ones will build up on here over time and will be available for people to watch for as long as we have the internet. I am looking forward to watching your video story.

I know what you mean! Number plates get fixed in your memory for some reason don't they. I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. There are some great 'Me and My Alpine' stories coming up. Everyone has a reason for owning an Alpine and a story to how they ended up with one of these lovely old cars.

I'm glad you enjoyed my story. There are some very entertaining 'Me and My Alpine' stories coming up.

Thank you for your kind words. Keep an eye out for some of the other 'Me and My Alpine' stories coming up. There are some really good tales being told by people who have been enchanted by a Sunbeam Alpine. These cars have a real effect on people, it is surprising how many owners have had their cars for 30, 40 or 50+ years. There are not that many cars that have so much impact on people.

Everyone has a story about how they came to be involved with Alpines. We’ve got some great stories coming up. Why not tell yours?

They are the best of the 1960s classic cars. You have a local branch of owners that meet every second Sunday or if you fancy a run out you would always be welcome at our Kent meet on the third Tuesday.

Congratulations on your purchase. Make sure that you join the owners club and register for Distress Line. It is a great service that means if you ever have a problem you will almost certainly get some help from fellow members to get you back on your way. We bought our cover from classic additions. It is the smallest car cap they do and fits Alpi well. I wish we’d had it before the rain in Shropshire! Sales@classicadditions.co.uk

We bought ours from a ship’s chandler because they are used a lot on boats. Try searching for companies that specialise in fasteners. Somewhere like Spalding Fasteners may have them.

We got ours from a ship’s chandlers as they are used a lot on boats. Try any fastener company. Somewhere like Spalding Fasteners will probably have them.

Hi, there are regularly different groups of members going off for a wide variety of adventures all over the U.K. and abroad. I’m not sure where you are based but why not get together with some friends from your local owner’s club branch or put an advert in the Horn and see who is near to you and /or who fancies doing something like this with you. I am certain that if you posted a message saying what you fancy doing some other owners will step forward and say they would like to do it with you.

@@TheSunbeamAlpineChannel good idea that Tim! I might look into pricing a place up in Brittany and seeing if anyone is interested, probably for next year now as by the time it’s organized winter will be upon us!…. Shuxpower.

@@Know-Expert I don't think you will be short of people wanting to join you!

Glad that you enjoyed it. We try to edit every video down to be short and concise so it is always worth watching the whole video.

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Sounds like sensible modifications for today’s roads. Good to see you are using the car.

Hi Stephen, I think most of the U.K. Alpine suppliers such as Sunbeam Spares or Sunbeam Car Parts will have them. They seem to be on display at most Alpine shows. Check their websites.

There is usually a rubber pipe that goes to the air filters on a standard Series V 1725 Alpine. There is another pipe from the tappet chest cover to a pollution control valve (pcv) in the inlet manifold. The idea was to reduce emissions. It is often removed and the pipe is vented to atmosphere under the car (unless the local rules prevent this). If the engine is healthy not many fumes comes out of either pipe.

@@TheSunbeamAlpineChannel thanks very much 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Necessity is the mother of invention!!!

Indeed he has but he was very good when he was in there!!!!