Someone Got A Bargain In The Wee Hours

martin172 · Post by **martin172** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:20 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sunbeam-Alpine-Ha ... 43a5950110

It must be worth a lot more than that simply for the original gauge steel alone.

If it had been near me I'd have had that.

gtsmrt · Post by **gtsmrt** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:45 am

You still need to collect all the other pieces if you don't already have them, which are hard to find in good condition but it is very cheap.

martin172 · Post by **martin172** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:38 am

Agreed all the clips and windows are missing but getting 80% of a lid for a tenner is awesome.

While we're on the subject, does anyone have one of the GRP ones?
I intend to get a lid at some point and I wondered what they are like.
They certainly look good.

bigbob · Post by **bigbob** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:59 am

I've switched from steel to fibreglass. Much lighter to handle, don't rust, & look ok. But they do vary in fixings. Some are very crude "J" bolts with no pins into boot hinges. But can be adapted to take original fastenings.

martin172 · Post by **martin172** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:10 pm

bigbob wrote:I've switched from steel to fibreglass. Much lighter to handle, don't rust, & look ok. But they do vary in fixings. Some are very crude "J" bolts with no pins into boot hinges. But can be adapted to take original fastenings.

Exactly. There doesn't seem to be a downside to going for fibreglass.
As we all know, the cheapest performance gain is to lose weight.

Of the fibreglass ones, which are considered the best and which have the best fixings.
I would have thought that the hinge pins would be very important as far as alignment and keeping it on the car is concerned.

gtsmrt · Post by **gtsmrt** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:33 pm

If you want weight saving,get rid of the roof completely... they are more fun that way

martin172 · Post by **martin172** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:02 pm

You guys just can't resist rubbing our noses in your nice weather can you.

I'd love a carbon fibre one tbh. That would be uber cool, super light and the black would look great on my white car.

gtsmrt · Post by **gtsmrt** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:34 pm

Instead of trying to save weight, just increase the horse power that way it counter acts the weight issue. Summer is over now, but you really couldn't call it summer as all along the east coast there was some sort of serious flooding going on. Some areas are still in flood as well.

martin172 · Post by **martin172** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:41 pm

Weight save I can easily afford, more horses requires choccies, flowers and lots of kind words to Lisa.

gtsmrt · Post by **gtsmrt** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:50 pm

martin172 wrote:Weight save I can easily afford, more horses requires choccies, flowers and lots of kind words to Lisa.

That is an affordable sacrifice though. I wish it was that easy all the time.

martin172 · Post by **martin172** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:13 pm

Chocs and flowers would probably get me a new set of spark plugs.

gtsmrt · Post by **gtsmrt** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:54 am

martin172 wrote:Chocs and flowers would probably get me a new set of spark plugs.

Make it sound like it will also benefit her as well.