{"id":642,"date":"2013-02-11T19:37:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T09:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=642"},"modified":"2020-02-05T07:56:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:56:22","slug":"sunbeam-alpine-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=642","title":{"rendered":"Sunbeam Alpine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-size: 1.285714286rem; line-height: 1.6;\">1959-1968<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/models\/alpine.jpg\" alt=\"Alpine Series IV\" width=\"500\" height=\"322\" \/><br \/>\n<i>Alpine Series IV<\/i><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The third generation Alpine was launched in 1959. Styled by Kenneth Howes, it was based on the contemporary Hillman Minx. It used the floorpan of the Hillman Husky, a short wheelbase Minx estate car.<\/p>\n<p>As launched, it used Rootes&#8217; 1494cc engine to Sunbeam Rapier specification. Initially all Alpines were built by Armstrong Siddeley. 11,904 Series I cars were made.<\/p>\n<p>The Series II Alpine of 1960 received a 1592cc engine and various detail improvements. Production switched to Rootes&#8217; Ryton facility midway through the Series II&#8217;s life. 19,956 examples were built.<\/p>\n<p>1963&#8217;s Series III model gained a new interior and a roomier boot. Two specifications were introduced: Sports and GT. The GT came with a hardtop as standard equipment, but no folding hood. The lack of a hood resulted in a roomier interior and the engine was detuned for greater comfort. The Sports meanwhile had a hood, while the hardtop was optional. It also retained the sportier engine. Production totalled 5,863 units.<\/p>\n<p>For 1964, the Series IV saw the tailfins cut back. It received a new grille and optional automatic gearbox. 12,406 were built.<\/p>\n<p>The final version, the Series V, was introduced in 1965. It featured the five bearing 1725cc engine. Production ceased in 1968. 19,122 Series Vs were made.<\/p>\n<p>The coachbuilder Harrington also produced a number of coupe versions of the Alpine which were supported by the factory and sold through their dealer network.<\/p>\n<p><i>A register is being compiled of surviving Alpines. At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeamalpine.org\/\">www.sunbeamalpine.org<\/a> you can see a list of known survivors and add your own car&#8217;s details.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><center>illustration: Rootes Motors<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1959-1968 &nbsp; Alpine Series IV&nbsp; The third generation Alpine was launched in 1959. Styled by Kenneth Howes, it was based on the contemporary Hillman Minx. It used the floorpan of the Hillman Husky, a short wheelbase Minx estate car. As launched, it used Rootes&#8217; 1494cc engine to Sunbeam Rapier specification. Initially all Alpines were built &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=642\" 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":44,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-642","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6ptz4-am","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642","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=642"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1566,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642\/revisions\/1566"}],"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=642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}