Thank you, she still looks just as lovely today even though she is covering about 5,000 miles year in all weathers. There are about 70 videos on this channel covering all manner of jobs that need doing on Alpines, we hope that you enjoy them all.
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.
Hello from Canada. Thank you for your very complete restoration video. I have been caring for my friend's Mark IV since 2001 when it was rescued from years of storage in a barn. This year I have decided to upgrade the Lucas starter to one similar to yours. My question is regarding steering linkage contacting the starter in both left and right hard turns. Did you have to limit the maximum turning radius to avoid contact? It might be done by adding material to the stops on the lower control arm. I have clocked the starter in the only position possible. Thanks for any ideas. Jim
Hi Jim, we have Hi-Torque starter motors on both my Series V and my son's Series IV and have not had this problem. When we first started to restore my car we found that the steering linkage was able to hit the starter motor because one of the welded-on steering stops on the lower suspension pans had rusted away. I would check there first. If your steering stops are worn down you could add new material to them to bring them back to size but I would not 'add material' to the stops just to avoid the steering hitting the starter, that would increase your turning circle and I suspect that there is something else wrong. Is the starter you have fitted the right one for this car for instance.
@@TheSunbeamAlpineChannel Thank you for your detailed helpful reply. I have also been in contact with Tim Raymond and I am in the process of looking deeper into all the components of the steering system. In short I have found play in the tie rod ends and also a small amount in the idler arm pivots. So the starter is becoming the stop before the stops in the in the lower pans can do their job. Surprising that the car tracks so beautifully on the road with this excess play. Remedy is to purchase and install key components to tighten up the steering. I would caution others who switch over to the new Hi-Torque starters to closely inspect starter to linkage clearance before signing off on the job.Looking forward to the new starter after repairs are completed. Cheers
Amazing job.
Thank you, she still looks just as lovely today even though she is covering about 5,000 miles year in all weathers. There are about 70 videos on this channel covering all manner of jobs that need doing on Alpines, we hope that you enjoy them all.
Just wondering what the MOT man said about you not having a rear number plate ? at 12.50 😍
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.
Hello from Canada. Thank you for your very complete restoration video. I have been caring for my friend's Mark IV since 2001 when it was rescued from years of storage in a barn. This year I have decided to upgrade the Lucas starter to one similar to yours. My question is regarding steering linkage contacting the starter in both left and right hard turns. Did you have to limit the maximum turning radius to avoid contact? It might be done by adding material to the stops on the lower control arm. I have clocked the starter in the only position possible.
Thanks for any ideas. Jim
Hi Jim, we have Hi-Torque starter motors on both my Series V and my son's Series IV and have not had this problem. When we first started to restore my car we found that the steering linkage was able to hit the starter motor because one of the welded-on steering stops on the lower suspension pans had rusted away. I would check there first. If your steering stops are worn down you could add new material to them to bring them back to size but I would not 'add material' to the stops just to avoid the steering hitting the starter, that would increase your turning circle and I suspect that there is something else wrong. Is the starter you have fitted the right one for this car for instance.
@@TheSunbeamAlpineChannel Thank you for your detailed helpful reply. I have also been in contact with Tim Raymond and I am in the process of looking deeper into all the components of the steering system. In short I have found play in the tie rod ends and also a small amount in the idler arm pivots. So the starter is becoming the stop before the stops in the in the lower pans can do their job. Surprising that the car tracks so beautifully on the road with this excess play. Remedy is to purchase and install key components to tighten up the steering. I would caution others who switch over to the new Hi-Torque starters to closely inspect starter to linkage clearance before signing off on the job.Looking forward to the new starter after repairs are completed. Cheers