Skut Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Apparently puckered Spincter or arse was a Rootes employee nickname for the Pentastar. Paul Dupart, oldcars and The Reverend Bluejeans 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Travelling sideways through time.Screeeeeeeeeeeeeech-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter. Datsuncog, Paul Dupart, oldcars and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 Alpine owners survey? Zippin' up my bootsGoin' back to my RootesYeahTo the place of my birthBack down to earthI've been standing in the rainDrenched and soaked with painTired of short time benefitsAnd being exposed to the elementsI'm homeward bound (AA)Got my head turned around JeeExEll and Paul Dupart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I could have bought an R plate 1442 for £100 in 1985. An R plate Alpine would have been lucky to have lasted til 85! Those early cars would have been in the last throws of their life by then.. all isopon.. cheap blow over and bumpers brush painted black. Lacquer Peel and JeeExEll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madrat Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Learnt to drive in a 1.3 A reg Talbot Alpine Dad had 3 MK1 S 1.4 redMK2 LS 1.3 blueMK2 LS 1.6 blue Paul Dupart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Now, not wanting to add to the general negativity about the corrosion resistance or otherwise of Chrysler products... but all I'll say is - the wings appear to be rusting out on this 1/43 version in sympathy. egg, Uncle Jimmy, Paul Dupart and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Out of interest I googled the Peugeot plant at Ryton for some interesting history. " . . . it closed on 12 December 2006, and the 140-acre (0.57 km2) site was sold to developer Trenport Investments Ltd for industrial use in March 2007. The plant was demolished in November 2007. In October 2012, Network Rail acquired the site from Prologis, and constructed a haulage distribution centre. The centre opened the following year, and serves as a hub for the National Delivery Service for Network Rail". So all gone. Which is sad.I think my 2001 Peugeot 206 was maybe made there. Anyone know how to tell a French-made one from a UK one? Were all the UK-market cars made at Ryton? First registered in Glasgow going by area code GD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Should be able to tell from the first letter of the VIN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 ^^ I don't know Egg. Car is in storage and has been for over 2 years but it will be back on the road as it's a good one. Little 1.4 pez GLX 2-door in Indigo blue.From the documents the VIN starts "VF 32 CKFWF". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I think that's Roy Axe doing the Woolard. Wow, look at those wide lapels and distressingly-patterned ties.... Memories are made of those. madrat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 ^^ I don't know Egg. Car is in storage and has been for over 2 years but it will be back on the road as it's a good one. Little 1.4 pez GLX 2-door in Indigo blue.From the documents the VIN starts "VF 32 CKFWF". VF is France. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 There is a white bumper S.reg Alpine in ACA on the 14th of April https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-14th-april-2018/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Only 46k miles. Top-spec too, not many cars had electric front windows in 1977. Put both windows down when driving through long tunnels to listen to that Chrysler Mopar V8 engine soundtrack. Oh, wait a minute, . . . Good spot, wonder how much it'll sell for. You literally couldn't give these away at one time. On Alpines and Horizons I seem to remember something about not being able to put the electric-windows up if you had the door open. So if you'd switched off the engine with the window down and the door open, to put up the window you had to close the door, turn on the ignition, raise the window, turn off the ignition, then open the door again to get out. Uncle Jimmy, madrat, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Noisy tappets never hurt anyone. That blue GLS at ACA is the flippin sex. Tempting. Braddon81, JeeExEll and Uncle Jimmy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I always rather liked the Alpine, not so much the Horizon and Solara, I remember clearly travelling in a new V reg JRG example, brown dralon seats were mega soft and comfy, very roomy and modern inside I thought. Better cars than the Ford and Vauxhall shite, at least until the mk2 Cav appeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 The early ones really did rust badly and were far worse than an equivalent BL, Ford or even Vauxhall. The facelift ones from 1980 onwards were better and the two-tone Minx/Rapier models probably lasted better than an Escort or a Maestro. Trouble was nobody wanted one by then. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Moskvich went all Renner with their drivline though, longitudinal with front wheel drive, interesting seeing that prototype with what is clearly an Alpine body with a new nose, I actually have a diecast model of an Aleko, and you can clearly see it is based on the Alpine shape, just Commied up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 An Alpine I took a snap of a long time ago, on holiday... DVLA advises that its tax and MOT were up for the final time a scant few months later - so this was probably one of its final voyages. Possibly the last one I've seen in its natural habitat (i.e. not a show). Braddon81, CanaryinManc and JeeExEll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 The Moskvich 2141 Aleko. That would have been one of the original Alpine based prototypes that Moskvitch sourced from Chrysler to evaluate the car for possible production. There were other proposals too, clearly based on the original platform and sheet metalIn all probability I must presume there must have been some conflict as to what sort sort of licensing agreement could have been put in place to to produce the car on the other side of the Iron Curtain, and the Russians just went ahead in producing their own interpretation of the design. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Even the latter day face-lift Aleko aped the styling cues of the final run out Alpine Minx and Rapier models. JeeExEll and madrat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 There's a tasty light blue Alpine in this video. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT IS TOTALLY NSFW https://xhamster.com/videos/c-c-vintage-hitching-a-fuck-80548 Paul Dupart, The Reverend Bluejeans and JeeExEll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dupart Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 ....well that never happened to me when I had one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bump Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Which reminds me of my most favourite thing on YouTube Alpine related. I can just sense the excitement of the sales team and cigarette smoke in the room where this got played Squire_Dawson, Paul Dupart, madrat and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 The sound of barrels being scraped is almost audible. Given the universal tendency for 1970s tin to disintegrate when exposed to moisture I'm curious what their much vaunted underbody protection comprised. madrat, Paul Dupart, The Reverend Bluejeans and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Given the universal tendency for 1970s tin to disintegrate when exposed to moisture I'm curious what their much vaunted underbody protection comprised. madrat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaryinManc Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Alpine sales from 1976 can't have been helped by the fact that Chrysler dealers were simultaneously tasked with selling similar sized older models like the Hillman/Chrysler Minx/Hunter (1966 -1979) and the Hillman/Chrysler Avenger (until 1981). Presumably these were retained mainly for conservative fleet and older buyers. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Ghia. Uncle Jimmy, Paul Dupart and Dick Longbridge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Fwoaaarrr.I quite fancy one of these early ones with a well-built 1442.Balanced, big-valve-head, cam, pair of sidedraught 40s, 4-branch, and a lightened flywheel. It would make a right racket at 7000rpm.Sort of a Chrysler Alpine Tiger, in the spirit of the Gordini Regie 12s or Abarth Fiats. Check out those alloys. Dick Longbridge, Sudsprint, Braddon81 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Happy Half-Million.Presentation by Mr. Tall. oldcars, Squire_Dawson and Paul Dupart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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