1964 Sunbeam Alpine GT Series IV

1964 Sunbeam Alpine GT Series IV in That Riviera Touch, Movie, 1966

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Author	Message
sixcyl ◊ 2009-06-30 13:25	Interesting GT version of a 1963+ Alpine Series III with its specific hardtop , different from the one available on the normal Sports version
chris40 ◊ 2009-06-30 14:49	Maybe a Harrington Alpine?
Skilleter ◊ 2010-03-19 16:16	I think this is the normal GT like the 1963 car I owned, 1965-67. It was a striking car with tall fins in the best 1958 Detroit style. The steel hard top was immensely heavy, and there was no soft top! I was at university at the time and we used to leave the hard top in the common room on the few sunny days of an English summer. There was a tonneau cover, but no fixings for it. Its main advantage over the ordinary 'sport' Alpine was its pretty burr walnut dashboard. The alloy cylinder head leaked water by the gallon. I had it 'skimmed'. This raised the compression ratio to about 11:1 and for a brief while I had the fasted Alpine anywhere- very brief, before it blew up. All the spokes in one wire wheel broke, the drivers seat collapsed, the metalic paint wore off and the overdrive turned itself on and off on its own initiative. Not the best car I've ever owned, but one of the most memorable! -- Last edit: 2010-03-19 16:22:29
dsl ◊ 2011-02-08 02:45	Definitely 1964 S4 or later from grille and minor lights - Sept 65+ S5 could just fit in to the film date, or it could even be a Tiger - impossible to separate from this angle. 1964 S4 the safest option.