[Staowners] Fw: Alpine wing vents

[Bill Molloy]

Hi Guys
thanks for all the replys. Interesting stuff. Just to
clarify .. I was referring to
the difference between Mk1 & MK3 Alpines only .. not
the saloons

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----- Original Message -----  From: "Mal Clark"
<shadow74 at bigpond.com.au> To: "George Simpson"
<george.simpson at tiscali.fr> Sent: Thursday, March 15,
2007 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [Staowners] Alpine wing
vents   > George,I think Bill is refering to the mk3
sedan wing vents rather  than  > the 18 works cars
that had the opening door vents with the Alpine  badge
 > on, the specials didn't have the opening vent
either, the mk1 rev  > counter,was an extra,and it was
mounted in a pod under the  dash,wereas the  > mk3
fitted in its own hole in the dash, and the blade type
overiders  were  > fitted to 80s 90s and early
Alpines,during later production of the  mk1 I  > may
be corrected they fitted the later overiders and
starting handle  flap,  > I also think this change
over point they lengthened the rear  >
stainless/chrome strip on the back guards,early strips
are about 4 or  > 5inches shorter,and also the relay
lever for the steering,the one  that  > goes through
the crossmember was change,from a split item to a
solid  one  > piece,making it more difficult to
remove, > anyway interested to hear from others on
this subject.good luck Mal  Clark. > > > > > > > >
----- Original Message -----  > From: "George Simpson"
<george.simpson at tiscali.fr> > To: "Bill Molloy"
<nqtraderman at yahoo.com> > Cc:
<staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info> > Sent: Thursday, March
15, 2007 8:49 AM > Subject: Re: [Staowners] Alpine
wing vents > > >>I hope an expert chimes in but I
always thought that the small vents >> where the
Alpine badge is attached distinguishes the Special
from an >> 'ordinary' Alpine. >> >> Also, I thought
the central rev counter is the same for both the Mk  1
>> and the Mk 3 and was to overcome the lack of one in
the S-T 90 >> instrument pod which was used in the
Alpine. >> >> One distinguishing feature for me is the
blade type overrider of the  Mk >> 1 vs. the bulb type
overrider of the Mk 3, also, I think the floor  shift
>> was standard for the Mk 3 whereas the Mk 1 had the
column shift  unless a >> floor shift was fitted as an
extra or after market item. >> >> George >> Cognac >>
>> >> >> >> Molloy wrote: >>> 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 ? >>>
>>> What are the other identifiers of a MK3 Alpine vs
MK1 >>> Alpine ? >>> >>> Beside the integral tacho on
the dash, any other give >>> aways ? >>> >>> >>> >>>
>>> 
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