SambaS Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 SECOND SUNDAY I thought I'd start on the suspension arm as working underneath cars in winter is grand fun. Still not 100% sure how I'm going to tackle this, it might fill with weld. Hadn't noticed this bit before, the pressure washer must have dislodged part of the NSR inner wheel arch. I investigated with the angry grinder. hello carpet, hello interior trim! I will have to rebuild part of the lip there before I weld new metal into the wheel arch. Lots more cleaning up and cutting up to be done yet. Then started poking inside the car further up the NSR inner wheel arch, the seatbelt anchorage plate fell off. Then I called it a day Small steps will see this done DVee8, steve_earwig, Conrad D. Conelrad and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I don't really have heroes, but you're in danger of becoming the first with these exploits. Cavcraft and SambaS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Have to say, it's enormous fun on the back roads. Everybody needs a 1.6 Talbot Alpine !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 "Nobody sane will buy this heap!" I was wrong No mate, you were 100% right first time. This is Edd we're talking about. SambaS, Sigmund Fraud, mat_the_cat and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I had come across the blue Alpine when it was on ebay. !Not literally I hope. The last thing that needs is moar salt. ianmac, HillmanImp, Sigmund Fraud and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Herr Doktor Fraud ist nicht StuCDX. Alles ist gut. cms206, Sigmund Fraud and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Alles klar mein junge - danke! chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Here you go ..... (From Aug 1983 sales brochure) Spec P2.jpg From the days when spec sheets had proper black dots. And moreover from a time when the base model had sod all equipment and was proud of it - the young exec in the photo couldn't care less that his new car doesn't come with a passenger seat as standard. steve_earwig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Crispy, but well worth doing. I can't recall ever seeing an Alpine or Solara on the road, and the LE spec has to be one of the rarest of them all. What's the plan with them? Keep both, or sell one when they're both back on the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Excellent thread, very inspiring so far, can't wait to read of the progress of both of them. I was going to sell or swap the Horizon but reading this thread has made me re-consider. SambaS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 rear seat armrestfully reclining front seatsglove box lidpassenger vanity mirrorheated rear windowwhat decadence for a "base" model- you should be ashamed theorganist and inconsistant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Samba , how is the white charade ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdhaydock Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 To continue with the decadence theme, I have attached the 2 pages for the LS (next model up) which would have cost a further £390 ish in 1983. The GL and GLS will follow tomorrow theorganist, Grundig and skattrd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex V6 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 "Rear compartment heating" - magnificent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucedoctor Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 89 horse from a 1600 was pretty good back then. Charlie Croker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman5 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 "Rear compartment heating" - magnificent!I'd forgotten alpines had that. My music teacher had one when I was a nipper...I remember being impressed at the plastic ducts going into the back. Bloody hell, I want one now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 If I remember I think the ford 1.6 16v only had 90 horse to so was quite good at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derskine Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Thumbs up from Derskine for all round shiteness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdhaydock Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Now for the GL Grundig, Shep Shepherd, oldcars and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 My passenger mirror's gonna have to go ain't it... these cost a fortune to replace so WIN that I only need the one. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 Samba , how is the white charade ? Still at the other - other end of the country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 The bronze metalic... or antique copper metallic (haven't quite decided) Alpine GL will be staying in the same spot it's been hiding for the last 30+ years until after Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdhaydock Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 And finally, the GLS .... Jim Bergerac, Shep Shepherd, Grundig and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdhaydock Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Definitely the last post i'll make clogging Ed's thread up with brochure scans - but at the back of the very same brochure is a 1 page teaser for the Tagora (sadly I don't have the separate catalogue referred to) Asimo, inconsistant, garethj and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjyp10 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Now for the GL GL 1.jpg GL 2.jpgThe GL.... SambaS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 And finally, the GLS .... GLS 1.jpg GLS 2.jpgger-ger-granville fer-fetch a cloth Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 need moar input. apparently the oldest one left, live sin folkestone. ive papped that one.... next time im down at courts again ill see if still there.. oldcars and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 The Simca Club think it's died that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloth Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 shame if it has. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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