SambaS in AlpineLE Oh-dearage!

[SambaS]

A FEW MORE PICTURES

 

Alpine LE felt comfortable amongst friends (also MOTed and used daily)

 

 

Happy camping

 

 

One of my other ratty SambaS loan cars**

 

 

_{**SambaS loan cars is a fictional non-profit making organisation}

[plasticvandan]

My god,that supposedly the last le on the road,so presumably means that is the best condition one left as well? Ford clearly had one of these in the studio when designing the ka.

I like it in a strange interesting to read,but thank fuck its not mine kind of way

[406V6]

Commiserations about the rust. At least you had a Talbot-filled day out.

[Wackeldackel]

That petrol filler cap...isopon or araldite or epoxy adhesive or what? What gloop can you trowel on to get that sort of effect!?!?

 

Just horrendous but at the same time, not unsaveable, good luck to you.

[Cavcraft]

So you overpaid for an awful car that turns out to be even more awful than first assumed and it's full of holes? Normally, it'd be difficult to see any positives in that. But it's got what looks like Astra Mk2 wheeltrims. Good save.

[SambaS]

I'd say the value of the car is around £80 - £150.

 

The value of the car for parts is irrelevant as 1. There ain't much of use. And 2. It's not getting fucking broken up!

 

[John F]

I never thought I'd get to say this, but... That is much rustier than my Maserati was, at its worst. And it'll be hiding the worst of the rot.

 

But on a more positive note: if you do end up keeping it, how about localising its trim spec for the British market by getting a "THE" badge made up for it?

[SambaS]

OH BUT THE STORY DOES NOT END THERE

 

Who wants to see Alpine number 2?

[AlabamaShrimp]

Wish I had the time, money and skill to fix it. It's the kind of thing we need at college as it needs everything. It's a lot better than the jowett they are totally rebuilding

[hairnet]

if ya have the time - fix

 

if not save bits weigh and buy johns twingo

[SambaS]

 

  On 22/11/2014 at 19:19, hairnet said:

if ya have the time - fix

 

if not save bits weigh and buy johns twingo 

 

 

John has a Twingo?????

[greengartside]

Is this being saved and repaired? Would be nice as there's not exactly a huge amount of these left anymore. My dad had one and it was buggered after just 9 years on the road.

[SambaS]

 

ATTENTION! ATTENTION! THIS IS AUTOSHITE.COM

 

This car will be repaired and re-MOTed post-haste

[chaseracer]

Phew!

 

The 'scrapyard' reference scared the collective shit out of us.  Please don't do that again.

 

[Timewaster]

  On 22/11/2014 at 19:15, SambaS said:

OH BUT THE STORY DOES NOT END THERE

 

Who wants to see Alpine number 2?

Oooh Me Me Me!

[SambaS]

ALPINE NUMBER 2

 

I was passed on the details of another Alpine by the older generation at the scrapyard. As it was my day off, I though I'd take the LE on a ride out to see if I could find it, as I was told the guy had some parts for mine.

 

I found the place and the guy's number on one of his vehicles. WIN. He answered the phone and I wasn't told to fuck off! WIN!!

 

So off we went for a look.

 

Nice early series 2 grill there. Uber rare.

 

 

Beautiful, beautiful colour

 

 

Chrysler steering wheel

 

 

30,467 miles, very high when it was parked up in 1982!

 

 

Inside of boot

 

 

So in 1982 someone drove into the back of it. These guys bought it and set to rebuilding it using a sweetcorn Chrysler Alpine GL as a donor. The NOS rear panel is only vaguely attached

 

 

Nicey nice original dealer plates

 

 

"have we done alright" said the guy, his mind drifting back to the early 1980s!

 

 

Some corrosion on the replacement panel

 

 

Can this repair be rectified and stay? Jury is out.

 

 

 

The underside of this car is a proper treasure

 

 

The sill has sustained some damage

 

 

Did I say I love the colour? White bumpers too...

 

 

So they never got as far as welding everything together here

 

 

[Doctormop]

I think we have all 12 Autoshite 2016 calendar pics in a single thread here.

Well played Samba, this place is even better than it used to be!

[SambaS]

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[Rusty Pelican]

WOW and WOW , Cant remember the last time i saw one , that rot is bad but not terminal.

We can all go home now

YOU WIN 

[oman5]

Well done for saving it, when you mentioned the scrapyard I thought you'd given up in disgust! These are one of those cars that seem to look better viewed retrospectively. I like it, I enjoyed a Solara GLS once upon a time.

[Benjyp10]

I can't type what I'm thinking.....

[steve_earwig]

I'm a bit out of touch here, does that all mean it was on the road for 2 years and that 30467 isn't lacking a 1 at the start?

[hairnet]

mind contents now

[tooSavvy]

  On 22/11/2014 at 20:03, Benjyp10 said:

I can't type what I'm thinking.....

 

Ha Ha..... my eyes scanned that and >>>>> "I can't type while I'm w*******"

 

gettinn me coat.......

 

 

TS

[John F]

  On 22/11/2014 at 19:27, SambaS said:

SambaS, on 22 Nov 2014 - 7:27 PM, said:

 

 

 

 

John has a Twingo?????

 

 

Well... technically it's my bird's, but:

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/17212-twingo-12-lhd-manual-for-sale-runs-tüv-until-january-now-just-£250/

 

[SambaS]

LASTLY   BROUGHT TO YOU BY AUTOSHITE.COM

 

[sloth]

need moar input.

 

 

apparently the oldest one left, live sin folkestone. 

[Rusty Pelican]

Feck me thats a huge clock , at least you will know how long it takes for the recovery wagon to arrive 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Good lord. The blue one is an inspired save - good on you for giving it a chance.

The bronze one is find of the century! Who the hell would do 30k in two years in an Alpine, then store it for 32 years? I was chatting to my father the other day about his old T plate one he owned back in the early 80s. He said "it was lovely to drive, and felt really comfortable on a long run." He sold it for a slightly newer Horizon, which was in turn replaced by an X plate black 'Ultra Horizon'. To be fair, he's not owned French tin since!

Anyway, what's the story with the bronze one? Looks to be a fairly straightforward repair?

[HillmanImp]

Whats the deal with the copper one? I don't think i have ever seen a facelifted one with white bumpers. Was that normal?

 

Also, I assume its and LS with a GL boot?