BTW, it is still my main "go-to" electric 6-string....to me, it is the most beautiful 330 in the world! Couldn't access the pics of my 481, though. Got a message that said the archive was empty....
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melibreits
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Way too cool, Paul--I enjoyed reliving the magic of my 330's makeover all over again! BTW, it is still my main "go-to" electric 6-string....to me, it is the most beautiful 330 in the world!
Couldn't access the pics of my 481, though. Got a message that said the archive was empty....
BTW, it is still my main "go-to" electric 6-string....to me, it is the most beautiful 330 in the world! Couldn't access the pics of my 481, though. Got a message that said the archive was empty....
"Once I've held and played the best, baby, I won't settle for less!"
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captsandwich
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Paul,
Is that a Sunbeam? Beautiful car. What's under the hood? My uncle had an Alpine and a Tiger II. My cousin used to regale me with stories of blowing early 70's muscle cars away in the the Tiger.
Is that a Sunbeam? Beautiful car. What's under the hood? My uncle had an Alpine and a Tiger II. My cousin used to regale me with stories of blowing early 70's muscle cars away in the the Tiger.
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Greg, that's a '67 Alpine Series V, with an engine that I built in it. The powerplant is a German Ford 3.0L V6, with a B & M prototype blower (Roots type) on a manifold that I made, with a Holley center float carb and specially-ground Isky cam, headers, valves, stroker crank, and port nitrous oxide injection. It put out about 280 wheel horsepower without the nitro, and handled better than a Tiger, due to proper steering geometry (Tiger has reverse Ackerman which makes it squirrely on a road course) and suspension dropped 2.5" all along. The car had a hopped Ford C4 automatic with B & B torque convertor, and a narrowed Shelby GT350 rear end.
There were two radiators, with a thermostatically-controlled electric fan on the rear one, which was mounted horizontally under the trunk with a stone shield, and there were cooling lines running the length of the car through the sills.
It would outrun any Tiger ever made, handled like a dream and screamed like a banshee out of the hole, thanks to the blower being overdriven by a 2:1 ratio.
Leather interior, handmade dashboard, filled emblems, custom hood scoop, yadda yadda.
I took 13 years to build it and most of the time it was drivable. The last 18 months it was off the road for a nut-and-bolt restoration.
Wish I still had it!
There were two radiators, with a thermostatically-controlled electric fan on the rear one, which was mounted horizontally under the trunk with a stone shield, and there were cooling lines running the length of the car through the sills.
It would outrun any Tiger ever made, handled like a dream and screamed like a banshee out of the hole, thanks to the blower being overdriven by a 2:1 ratio.
Leather interior, handmade dashboard, filled emblems, custom hood scoop, yadda yadda.
I took 13 years to build it and most of the time it was drivable. The last 18 months it was off the road for a nut-and-bolt restoration.
Wish I still had it!
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Wow.
My uncle's Tiger had a V8, possibly a 289. My uncle had some sort of license to supply Newfoundland (maybe even all of the Maritime provinces) with parts for Land Rover and other british marques. I've had a soft spot for british roadsters ever since I laid eyes on his all white Alpine at the ripe old age of 8.
My brothers best friend in High School worked at his dad's body shop and he had an early 70's Spitfire with a full GT6 drivetrain and a BRG paint job that was so deep you could see galaxies in it. Gorgeous car.
My uncle's Tiger had a V8, possibly a 289. My uncle had some sort of license to supply Newfoundland (maybe even all of the Maritime provinces) with parts for Land Rover and other british marques. I've had a soft spot for british roadsters ever since I laid eyes on his all white Alpine at the ripe old age of 8.
My brothers best friend in High School worked at his dad's body shop and he had an early 70's Spitfire with a full GT6 drivetrain and a BRG paint job that was so deep you could see galaxies in it. Gorgeous car.
Lemme graze into your veldt/ lemme stomple your albino/lemme nibble on your buds/ I'm your Love Rhino