{"id":636,"date":"2013-02-11T19:31:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T09:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=636"},"modified":"2020-02-05T07:56:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:56:22","slug":"sunbeam-alpine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=636","title":{"rendered":"Sunbeam Alpine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-size: 1.285714286rem; line-height: 1.6;\">1953-1955<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/models\/mkalpine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"210\" \/><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 1953 Alpine was a derivative of the Sunbeam-Talbot 90, meaning a 2267cc OHV four cylinder engine. It is said to have been inspired by a 90 cut down by George Hartwell.\u00a0This was the second model to carry the Alpine name &#8211; the first being the 1933 Talbot Alpine.<\/p>\n<p>The chassis and suspension were stiffened up. The engine was tuned with a new cylinder head and manifolding, giving 80bhp @ 4200rpm. A closer ratio gearbox was fitted with optional overdrive.<\/p>\n<p>The bodies were based on 90 shells, but were finished and trimmed by Mulliners of Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Like the saloon, the Alpine proved a very successful rally car.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 1582 Alpines were produced:<\/p>\n<p>Alpine Mk I &#8211; 1282<\/p>\n<p>Alpine Mk III &#8211; 300<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1953-1955 &nbsp; &nbsp; The 1953 Alpine was a derivative of the Sunbeam-Talbot 90, meaning a 2267cc OHV four cylinder engine. It is said to have been inspired by a 90 cut down by George Hartwell.\u00a0This was the second model to carry the Alpine name &#8211; the first being the 1933 Talbot Alpine. The chassis and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=636\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sunbeam Alpine<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":456,"menu_order":42,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-636","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6ptz4-ag","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=636"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1567,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/636\/revisions\/1567"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}