Engineless Alpine
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Hello everyone,
I'm new to this site; I came across it by accident.
I'm from a small village (~300 people) about an hour east of Ottawa, Canada. In my back shed I have parked my 1963 Series II Alpine. It is currently without engine.
I bought the car 20 years ago when I was a kid working for a year in California. I drove it all the way back to Montreal. That was the beginning of my long (and often harsh) Alpine education.
When I first saw it, I was smitten. I bought it with an already transplanted 1978 Mazda GLC engine. I drove it around for a few weeks and didn't have any real problems. Actually I replaced the 5-spd in the plant where I worked and made a new clutch linkage. A few weeks of shakedown showed no further problems other than needing a new battery.
Driving back East, the car died on me on I-80 in the Salt Lake Desert. Ugh. Though I didn't know it at the time, The swappers just hooked the Mazda's alternator (-12 ground) to the Alpine's regulator (+12 ground, as you all know), and it all had cooked. I drove cross country with a gas can knowing that I might run dry now and then. I always stopped for gas and a charge.
I had always thought that when I got home, I would just swap in the 1969 Boss 302 that I had sitting around. But now I'm looking for something else.
Anybody with good and different ideas?
Looking forward to lots of creative solutions.
Thanks
I'm new to this site; I came across it by accident.
I'm from a small village (~300 people) about an hour east of Ottawa, Canada. In my back shed I have parked my 1963 Series II Alpine. It is currently without engine.
I bought the car 20 years ago when I was a kid working for a year in California. I drove it all the way back to Montreal. That was the beginning of my long (and often harsh) Alpine education.
When I first saw it, I was smitten. I bought it with an already transplanted 1978 Mazda GLC engine. I drove it around for a few weeks and didn't have any real problems. Actually I replaced the 5-spd in the plant where I worked and made a new clutch linkage. A few weeks of shakedown showed no further problems other than needing a new battery.
Driving back East, the car died on me on I-80 in the Salt Lake Desert. Ugh. Though I didn't know it at the time, The swappers just hooked the Mazda's alternator (-12 ground) to the Alpine's regulator (+12 ground, as you all know), and it all had cooked. I drove cross country with a gas can knowing that I might run dry now and then. I always stopped for gas and a charge.
I had always thought that when I got home, I would just swap in the 1969 Boss 302 that I had sitting around. But now I'm looking for something else.
Anybody with good and different ideas?
Looking forward to lots of creative solutions.
Thanks