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MG TD TF 1500 - Alpine help

I know this is an MGTD board and I have an MGTD but I have a neighbor who has a Sunbeam Alpine and the Home page for this forum doesnot list Rootes Group cars. I thought they were Brit Cars. OK problem is he says he broke his clutch linkage rod! I thought that these cars had hydralick clutchs ala MGA. By the years they were built I thought all Brit Cars were converted to slave cyclindar clutches. can anybody shine a light on this. I had no luck out at the Alpine site as to finding out about mechanicals. Greg & Grimm
G.J. Cenzer

Greg - If nobody comes up with anything better, here is some information on the Pacific Tiger Club, they may have mor specific info on any Alpine groups.

Pacific Tiger Club
4239 S 261st St.
Kent, WA 98032
Contact: Dick Sanders 253-859-7987
e-mail slomoIV@aol.com

Cheers - Dave
David DuBois

Dave, Thanks for the info. I have emailed Dick for info.
Right now I am in the throws of wrapping my steering wheel rim in cotton rope. Don't know if you are familiar with this practice but I love it. Even did it on my '65 BSA grips. Been doing it since the '50's when I restored a 1932 J2 and found out about from some Brit's. Never new that 40 yrs. later it would be a blessing for my arthritic hands. If interested I can send a pic. Have a happy motoring life. Greg & Grimm
G.J. Cenzer

Yes, the Sunbeam Alpine is a Brit Car. They were a Rootes Group car but were initially built by Siddeley's when they ceased manuafacture of the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire.
Go to www.altavista.co.uk Search for Sunbeam Alpine and you will find everything you would want to know about the S A. including where to buy the last nut and bolt.
Memory tells me that they had a Lockheed Hydraulic clutch.
Geoff F.
G. Farthing

Greg - "Serving", the process of wrapping things in cotton rope "small stuff" was a common practice in the Navy until recent times. It can still be found on modern warships in ceremonial areas such as the quarter deck. Unfortunately, it is becoming a thing of the past and sailors going through boot camp for the past 15 to 20 years are not taught seamanship of any kind, much less how to tie knots or do decorative rope work. I still have my old Blue Jackets Manual from when I went through boot camp, which had knot tying, splicing and decorative rope work in it along with all the other seamanship skills required back then. Cheers - Dave
David DuBois

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