{"id":13997,"date":"2022-07-22T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=13997"},"modified":"2022-07-26T13:28:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T16:28:52","slug":"alpine-a210-45-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/alpine-a210-45-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpine A210 #45 – Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1967 Alpine A210 #45<\/strong>\nPilot: M. Bianchi, J. Vinatier \nTeam: Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Automobiles Alpine<\/em>\nRace: 13th overall (1st in P 1.6 class) at Le Mans in 1967<\/strong>\nSpark - S5686 (resin)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 07\/22\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jean R\u00e9d\u00e9l\u00e9 founded Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Automobiles Alpine<\/em> in 1955. Producing racing and sports cars, Alpine was one of the first manufacturers to use fiberglass bodies. In 1962, the brand wanted a sportscar program for Le Mans. With that, R\u00e9d\u00e9l\u00e9 approached Renault to secure Gordini-tuned engines with an eye at the index of performance award. With an engine in hand, they designed a new car, the M63<\/a>, which won a class victory in its debut at N\u00fcrburgring in 1963. However, at La Sarthe the results were terrible, even with a fatal accident. Alpine revised the project and for 1964 delivered the M64<\/a>, with the car winning its class at Le Mans. For the following year the M64 evolved into the M65<\/a>, yet results at Le Mans were disappointing. So, for 1966 Alpine did a complete overhaul of the project, and introduced the A210<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The A210 was not the fastest car on the grid, however, it was reliable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The A210 was a two-door coupe with a steel tubular platform frame chassis, covered by a fiberglass bodywork. The suspension consisted of double wishbones with coil springs over dampers. The engine was a twin-cam Renault inline-4, displacing 1470 cm\u00b3, tuned by Gordini. With a curb weight of just 670 kg, the engine\u2019s 140 hp output made the car competitive. For the 1966 Le Mans race Alpine aligned five (!) A210, and scored a 1-2-3 finish in the energy efficiency index. For the 1967 24 Heures du Mans<\/em> Alpine upped the game. That year, among the factory team and privateers, there were seven A210 on the grid. And once again the A210 delivered, with two class wins. Car #45<\/a> here came in 13th overall and in first place in the P 1.6 class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A210 #45 and #52 – almost the same, but not quite.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My second A210, this one caught my attention because it is a class winner. Compared to my 1968 model<\/a>, they are very<\/em> similar. In fact, they almost look as if they share the same mold. While that may be so, in terms of livery I find the #52 car more appealing. This one, however, has covered headlights, which I always find neat to see in a model. Spark, as always, delivered a GREAT model, and it is a pleasure to see the A210 #45 in the W-143 Garage. Even so, maybe having two A210 is only for us La Sarthe nerds \ud83e\udd2a.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1967 Alpine A210 #45 Pilot: M. Bianchi, J. Vinatier Team: Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Automobiles Alpine Race: 13th overall (1st in P 1.6 class) at Le Mans in 1967 Spark – S5686 (resin) Published 07\/22\/22 Jean R\u00e9d\u00e9l\u00e9 founded Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Automobiles Alpine in 1955. Producing racing and sports cars, Alpine was one of the first manufacturers to use … Continue reading “Alpine A210 #45 – Spark”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13997","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13997"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14379,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13997\/revisions\/14379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}