[Staowners] Fw: Alpine wing vents

[Mal Clark]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mal Clark" <shadow74 at bigpond.com.au>
To: "Bill Molloy" <nqtraderman at yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Staowners] Alpine wing vents


> Bill,  only the mk3 Talbot sedans had the three wing vents,on each 
> side,this did not carry over to the Alpine mk3 which is strange,the 
> differences from mk1 and mk3 basically a different looking engine tin 
> rocker cover,unlike mk1 with a aluminium cover, a different voltage 
> regulator with out fuses but a separate fuse box along side of regulator, 
> a box mounted on r/h inner wing near radiator this was for the mk3 
> flashing indicator, in the trunk/boot there was a gutter mounted left to 
> right,to pick up the water as you opened the boot,that in the mk1 put a 
> nice puddle in the boot,this mk3 gutter had a rubber drain pipe each side 
> to let the water run out under the wheel arches,and the mk3 had a slotted 
> dress rim on the wheels, and as you said a tacho mounted in the lower part 
> of the dash,because of this, the heater controls were lowered, so you 
> could see to use them, and the addition of 2 speed wipers with a turn 
> switch mounted in the same position of the earlier single speed switch.the 
> mk3 rear number plate lamp lens and cover were different,incorperating 2 
> reverse lights to the side of the single SUNBEAM lettering.the chrome 
> cover was change to suit the new lens,and the rear side/parker lights had 
> a one piece red lens against the frosted white lens of the mk1 I  thinks 
> the mk1 in the states may have had red lens   I guess there could be some 
> more, mk3 additions, but not sure what, Mal Clark.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Molloy" <nqtraderman at yahoo.com>
> To: <staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info>
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:05 AM
> Subject: [Staowners] Alpine wing vents
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>> Some Alpines have opening side vents at the top rear
>> of each of the
>> front wings whilst others don't.  Its not mentioned in
>> the Parts manual
>> but I always thought that these were Mk3 Alpines and
>> that the Mk1
>> Alpines didn't have them. Is this right ?
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>> What are the other identifiers of a MK3 Alpine vs MK1
>> Alpine ?
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>> Beside the integral tacho on the dash, any other give
>> aways ?
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