It’s a BOGO (Buy One Get One!). My local supermarket does it all the time, car sellers? Not so much so. But that’s the case here, purchase a 1964 Sunbeam Alpine and a ’66 (or maybe it’s a ’67) goes along with the deal. Both of these Sunbeams are located in Englishtown, New Jersey and available, here on eBay for a current bid of $1,975 with twenty-seven bids tendered so far.

The V8-powered Sunbean Tiger graces the webpages of Barn Finds from time to time but I’m happy today to report on the less muscular version. The Alpine name was first used by Sunbeam in 1953, but the Alpine Series I-V, such as our doubleheader find, spanned the years 1959 through 1968 and realized just shy of 70K units produced.

I don’t profess to be a Sunbeam expert and I have noticed that some sellers, usually those involved in a flip, will get the model year of their sale subject wrong. Unless it is painfully obvious, I rely on their model year description, but as always, I welcome fact-based pushback by those that are more knowledgeable on such matters. Sunbeam 1, finished in a rather conspicuous shade of screaming yellow zonker, and listed as a ’64, is rough around the edges with missing trim and front bumper. The lousy-looking paint job appears to have been sprayed over a shade of red if the spare tire well and top of the cowl is any historical reference.

The 82 HP, 1.6 liter, in-line four-cylinder engine, not surprisingly, is a non-runner on this maybe(?) 76K mile two-seater. Fortunately, the engine appears to be complete and not missing anything significant. A four-speed manual transmission gets the power, when operable, to the rear wheels.

The seller states, “…you buy the yellow with a title and get the white one included with a bill of sale only unless we locate that title. I believe white one is 1961“. He later retracts the 1961 estimate and refers to Alpine #2 as a ’66 or ’67 model. The white one actually looks like it’s in better nick than the ’64, principally because of the lack of the obnoxious paint job. Sure, it has its issues too but aesthetically, it appears as if it needs less attention. Its 93 HP, 1.7-liter in-line four-cylinder engine also seems complete, except for the missing air cleaners. Also, note the ancient 13” Goodyear Polyglas tires!

The interior has its challenges. The carpet is missing but the exposed floors show as sound, as does the instrument panel gauge array though there is a switch of some sort missing, based on the small, round opening. The driver’s side door card, which is probably just that, a vinyl-covered pressboard card, is curling up but the passenger-side version is OK. The required “box-o-stuff” is hiding a complete view of the seating upholstery, though it looks like one of the seatbacks is perched upon the trunk lid.

Pick your poison, Alpine 1 or Alpine 2 – actually neither, based on the included images looks too terrible and I imagine one could build a pretty good single car out of Alpine 2, using number 1 for parts. One ominous comment from the seller is, “Chassis have some rust but can be restored or turned into nice Street Racers“. I don’t get the infatuation with building cars into something that there not, but I’m referring to the “Chassis have some rust” comment. Depending upon the definition of “some” that could turn this BOGO into double trouble, wouldn’t you agree?