Chrysler/talbot alpine car?

[FLYING SAUCER]

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One of my mates had one of these, probably around 1985 or so. It was a lime green, uncomfortable, rattley nightmare. It was cheap though, and I seem to remember it was good in the snow and ice and never got stuck.

One night he was driving us all back from a party and the engine suddenly went from its old rattley self to a lovely smooth, almost silent burble. Within 2 minutes it seized solid and would never run again. Most cars make a horrible noise before they die, this one whispered its goodbyes.

Cheers,
Finnthedude.

Lime green, bet it had brown/orange seats? sounds like an earlier Chrysler one? Possibly a MK 1?

When your Talbot stops rattling, be afraid!

[Finnthedude]

Re: Chrysler/talbot alpine car?

One of my mates had one of these, probably around 1985 or so. It was a lime green, uncomfortable, rattley nightmare. It was cheap though, and I seem to remember it was good in the snow and ice and never got stuck.

One night he was driving us all back from a party and the engine suddenly went from its old rattley self to a lovely smooth, almost silent burble. Within 2 minutes it seized solid and would never run again. Most cars make a horrible noise before they die, this one whispered its goodbyes.

Cheers,
Finnthedude.

[80sChav]

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I think the Red/Silver two tone Alpines were known as Alpine Minx, that was the top of the range and quite a luxury model with silver/grey velour seats I bet it had electric windows too! Nice.

Our's was very old, it was an old "B" Reg and was 9 years old in 1994 when we had her (it could of been 93' when we got her, but I doubt i'm right there) though. She died about 1997/98 I think.

[FLYING SAUCER]

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Nice work sf1378, that's another one spotted!

Also, when Margaret Thatcher went into No 10 in 1979, she walks past a royal blue one!

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Theres a grey one in The Wild Geese film, it kept popping up in the scenes in the first half of the film.

[FLYING SAUCER]

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I think the Red/Silver two tone Alpines were known as Alpine Minx, that was the top of the range and quite a luxury model with silver/grey velour seats I bet it had electric windows too! Nice.

[80sChav]

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So pleased you liked them too! Can you recall the colour?

Burgendy Red on top with a Silver skirt it was

[FLYING SAUCER]

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Flying Saucer - Have you seen the movie 'Gregory's Girl'? - Gregory's dad, a Driving Instructor uses an Alpine as his driving school car. It's not on screen for long, but it's quite prominent in the scene it's in.

It hadn't registered with me! I have the DVD somewhere, will have a look tonight, thanks!

[Austin Maxi]

Re: Chrysler/talbot alpine car?

Flying Saucer - Have you seen the movie 'Gregory's Girl'? - Gregory's dad, a Driving Instructor uses an Alpine as his driving school car. It's not on screen for long, but it's quite prominent in the scene it's in.

[FLYING SAUCER]

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They are fantastic cars. We used to have a Talbet Alpine! It long since went to the scarpyard in the sky, but was an mazing beauty of a car!

So pleased you liked them too! Can you recall the colour?

[80sChav]

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Anyone remember these?

I still own one, 27 years old and still a FAB Car! It won Car of the Year in 1976 - bought mine in 93 and I cant complain really!

They are fantastic cars. We used to have a Talbet Alpine! It long since went to the scarpyard in the sky, but was an mazing beauty of a car!

[Llamarama]

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Sorry for double posting, forgot to refresh the page and thought I'd typed a comment but not posted it.

[Llamarama]

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*Sticky work! :P

[FLYING SAUCER]

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Keep up the good work!

[Llamarama]

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Every time I go to a carboot sale and see a manual of a car I even vaugly like, I snap it up immediately, Have a shelf full of Haynes, Autodata and Inter-Europe manuals. Found a digital copy of the Triumph Stag dealer manual so thats now safely on a memory stick! I hate making up new wiring looms, it is the single most depressing and frustrating thing on the planet. It's not so much the blisters you get from crimping and threading new wiring through, but the stickiness of the old loom to have to dis-assemble in the first place! Done it twice so far, only motorbikes but I hated it! :P