Gateway Classic Cars arrives in "Phila" (NJ) w/Sunbeams

[Mark Petri]

Gateway Classic Cars has opened up a new location within a few miles of us in South NJ – just across the river from Philly.
They had some sort of open house / car show this morning, and I took a ride to check it out. They have a 63,000 square foot space with tons of gorgeous cars. Included today are this freshly restored early Mk 1a Tiger along with a "modded" Alpine (VW VR6-powered).

[impbarn]

I wonder what they used for a gearbox on the VW mod?

[Mark Petri]

^^^ Here are a couple of other pix. The windshield sign says "Toyota 5-speed".
I did not care for the hood 🙁

[Tom and Debbie Hillmann]

Interesting… "The original 6 cylinder engine has been removed"

Also, last time I checked, West Deptford was still in NJ. Nobody wants to admit they’re located in NJ, including the Giants and the Jets.

[Mark Petri]

Yeah, well, "caveat emptor" I guess? Plus there is the whole "Get Smart" error.

FWIW – this location in West Deptford is about 3 miles ("as the crow flies") from the PHL airport, and about the same distance from National Park NJ -where the National Weather Service measures the official snowfall (any maybe rainfall as well?) at the "Philadelphia Airport", so it may be more Phila than some areas of Phila?? 🙄
Plus, back in the CB Radio heydays, this side of the river was known as "the clean side" … so i’d rather be over here!

Mark

[Tom and Debbie Hillmann]

http://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/denve … r-S38.html
Here is one in their Denver showroom.

[Mark Petri]

hmmm ^^^ The "resale red" is a LOT less $$ vs the NJ one that is freshly restored.

[Michael Hartman and Donna Bissey and Donna Bissey]

An Alpine was also used in the original Get Smart series for when they wanted to have cool gadgets on the car. More space for mounting those things.

http://www.ilovegetsmart.com/cars.html

Mike

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