1954 Sunbeam Alpine Mark 3 SOLD
Completely renovated, bodily and mechanically.
The engine, gearbox, rear axle, distributor, dynamo, starter motor, fuel pump, water pump, carburettor were all overhauled. A new aluminium radiator was made to order, all hoses, and fittings were replaced with new.
The body was stripped back to the metal and sprayed in the original sunbeam colour Mist Green.
All the brakes, shoes, hoses, cylinders were refurbished or renewed The Instruments were sent to a specialist and have been recalibrated and refurbished,
A new wiring harness was fitted, All the leather on the dashboard, door panels and seats is new and in the original tan colour.
The carpets and underfelt are new and of the best quality, New Avon tyres, Battery is new as is the regulator. It has a new hood with restored and re-chromed side screens. A new windscreen was specially made to order by triplex All the chrome was either replaced or replated including the grill bars.
The wheels were powder coated. The car has travelled less than 900 miles all on dry roads since the refurbishment. It is taxed and ready to go to a good home.
The Alpine was derived from the Sunbeam-Talbot 90 Saloon, and has become colloquially known as the "Talbot" Alpine. It is a two-seater sports roadster initially developed by Sunbeam-Talbot dealer George Hartwell in Bournemouth, as a one-off rally car. It had its beginnings as a 1952 Sunbeam-Talbot drophead coupé, and was supposedly named by Norman Garrad of the works Competition Department, who was heavily involved in Sunbeam-Talbot's successes in the Alpine Rally during the early 1950s using the saloon models. The car has a four-cylinder 2267 cc engine from the saloon, but with a raised compression ratio. From 1954 an overdrive unit became standard. The Alpine Mark I and Mark III (no Mark II was made) were hand-built – as was the 90 drophead coupé – at Thrupp & Maberly coachbuilders from 1953 to 1955, and remained in production for only two years. Of the 1582 automobiles produced, 961 were exported to the USA and Canada, 445 stayed in the UK, and 175 went to other world markets. It has been estimated that perhaps as few as 200 have survived. In the 1953 Alpine Rally four Alpines won the Coupe des Alpes, one of which, finishing 6th, was driven by Stirling Moss; Sheila van Damm won the Coupe Des Dames in the same rally. Very few of these cars are ever seen on the big screen. However, a sapphire blue Alpine featured prominently in the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.
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