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Re: Tell-tale sign of an Alpina/Not Necessarily (archive)
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Posted by Bob on March 18, 2000 at 14:11:43:

In Reply to: Re: Tell-tale sign of an Alpina posted by Adam on March 16, 2000 at 21:16:15:

: : Doug,
: I've also met a guy on L.I. that had an official B7 Alpina and the easiest way to tell is the seats front and back all have the tell-tale embroidery covering them! No mistaking them and I HIGHLY doubt someone would add Alpina goodies and go as far as to do the interior as well, the apolstiery from Alpina is very expensive.
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Not all older Alpinas (esp. pre-'82) had the weird upolstery. I have a one-off e23 B9 Alpina that has BBS spoilers and no Alpina upolstery. I have the original Alpina dealer invoice and recently wrote Alpina directly. They confirmed the car's authenticity by VIN# and the original German registration paperwork (which, unfortunately is usually confiscated by Customs on importation). They said they had no Alpina e23 spoilers at the time and installed the BBS ones. Go figure!

Bob
P.S. Go to Unofficial Alpina Web Page below. It is outstanding.
Write Alpina and find out.



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