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Not prize- winning, but I was chuffed to get these images of a pair of Alpine Swifts over Scarborough today.
Vehicles I have owned.
Fresh from England I immediately bought a classic British sports car. It had a lusty Four cylinder that I think was a Humber engine. The column mounted shift made any suggestion of sport a dream. I transferred to Ottawa where it steadfastly refused to start at any temperature below freezing. I traded it for a V/W Beetle and never looked back.
The Alpine A110, also known as the "Berlinette", was a sports car produced by the French manufacturer Alpine from 1961 to 1977. The Alpine A110 was introduced as an evolution of the A108. The A110 was powered by various Renault engines.
Like other road-going Alpines, the 1961 A110 used many Renault parts – including engines. But while the preceding A108 was designed around Dauphine components, the A110 was updated to use R8 parts. Unlike the A108, which was available first as a cabriolet and only later as a coupé, the A110 was delivered first with "Berlinetta" bodywork and then as a cabriolet. The main visible difference with the A108 coupé was a restyling of the rear body to fit the larger engine, which gave the car a more aggressive look. Like the A108, the A110 featured a steel backbone chassis with fiberglass body. The A110 was originally available with 1.1 L R8 Major or R8 Gordini engines. The Gordini engine delivered 95 hp (71 kW) SAE at 6,500 rpm.
The A110 achieved most of its fame in the early 1970s as a victorious rally car. After winning several rallies in France in the late 1960s with iron-cast R8 Gordini engines the car was fitted with the aluminium-block Renault 16 TS engine. With two dual-chamber Weber 45 carburetors, the TS engine delivered 125 hp (93 kW) DIN at 6,000 rpm. This allowed the production 1600S to reach a top speed of 210 km/h (130 mph). The longer wheelbase 2+2 Alpine GT4, originally considered a version of the A108, was updated with A110 engines and mechanicals, now being marketed as the "A110 GT4".
The car reached international fame during the 1970–1972 seasons when it participated in the newly created International Championship for Manufacturers, winning several events around Europe and being considered one of the strongest rally cars of its time. Notable performances from the car included victory in the 1971 Monte Carlo Rally with Swedish driver Ove Andersson.
With the buy-out of Alpine by Renault complete, the International Championship was replaced by the World Rally Championship for 1973, at which time Renault elected to compete with the A110. With a team featuring Bernard Darniche, Jean-Pierre Nicolas and Jean-Luc Thérier as permanent drivers and "guest stars" like Jean-Claude Andruet (who won the 1973 Monte Carlo Rally) the A110 won most races where the works team was entered, making Alpine the first World Rally Champion. Later competition-spec A110s received engines of up to 1.8 litres.
As well as being built at Alpine's Dieppe factory, A110 models were constructed by various other vehicle manufacturers around the world. The Alpine A110 was produced in Mexico under the name "Dinalpin", from 1965 to 1974, by Diesel Nacional (DINA), which also produced Renault vehicles. The Alpine A110 was also produced in Bulgaria under the name "Bulgaralpine", from 1967 to 1969, by a cooperative formed between SPC Metalhim and ETO Bulet, whose collaboration also resulted in the production of the Bulgarrenault.
In 1974 the mid-engined Lancia Stratos, the first car designed from scratch for rally racing, was operational and homologated. At the same time, it was obvious that the tail-engined A110 had begun reaching the end of its development. The adoption of fuel injection brought no performance increase. On some cars, a DOHC 16-valve head was fitted to the engine, but it proved unreliable. Chassis modification, like the use of an A310 double wishbone rear suspension, homologated with the A110 1600SC, also failed to increase performance. On the international stage, the Stratos proved to be the "ultimate weapon", making the A110, as well as many other rally cars, soon obsolete. The A110 is still seen in events such as Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique.
In 2012, to mark the 50th anniversary of the A110, Renault prodded a concept car called the A110-50.
LA: Cicerbita alpina
(syn: Mulgedium alpinum)
EN: Alpine sow-thistle
DE: Alpenlattich / Alpenmilchlattich
HU: Havasi csorbókavirág / Havasi kakicsvirág
Big plant, gorwing up to 1 - 1.5m height. it is endemic to the Alps between 1000 m and 2000 m altitudes, but can be found in other mountain ranges in Central-Europe, and also on the Scandinavian peninsula and in Scotland.
Farmers love this plant, as they believe it increases the milk production of cows, hence the "milch" (milk) in the German name.
The plant is related to the common chicory.
LA: Carduus defloratus ssp. defloratus
EN: Alpine thistle
DE: Berg-Distel / Alpen-Distel
HU: Csüggedő bogáncs
A perennial plant, at home in the Alps, Pyrenees and the Balkan Mountains.
The flower stems are pretty long, on the top half almost leafless.
Loves chalky, stony grounds.
Kaisertal, Austria.
1963 calendar - Opel Kapitän
On the German Alpine road, Alpenstrasse, a scenic drive through Germany's highest mountains in southern Bavaria.
Notice that this Kapitän only has white walls on the front wheels, just like this Kadett, so snow tires were mounted on the rear wheels.
How to access Gmail from the command line on Linux with Alpine
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Subject: Alpine Strawberry Plant
(Photo taken using a DIY Light Cube.)
Date: 1/15/2010
Lens: Sigma 150mm f2.8 Macro
Camera: Canon T2i
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Plaxton Panther 3 / Volvo B9R
Alpine Travel of Llandudno
Location: Duke Street, Cardiff
Date: 18/02/2025
Ref : 20140114.0003.GT6 - Alpine A110.ChristopheCUSSATBLANC.www.etdesimages.fr
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Alpine stereo "head" with connector for IPOD. The system has its own cooling fan built into the factory cabinet just to the left of the stereo. This head unit drives two JBL two-way speakers... good sound!
This Theano Alpine was photographed in the grasslands on the summit of Clay Butte, on the Beartooth Highway in Wyoming. Photo taken on 7/30/19.
This bench in the Alpine Rock Gardens offers a multitude of treats, including an aspen grove (Populus tremuloides), and an alpine pool featuring the reflections of mountain peaks and blue sky. The little blue bells-shaped flowers under the bench are harebells, or bluebells (Campanula rotundifolia). Across the pathway in front of the bench is silvery lupine ( Lupinus argenteus).
Perhaps the highest botanical gardens in the world, the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens were named to honor the former first lady Betty Ford's contributions, both locally and nationally.
Located at 8,250 feet elevation, the garden's feature more than 3,000 species of alpine and sub-alpine plants, both native and from other mountain regions of the world.
Founded by the Vail Alpine Garden Foundation in 1985, the organization's stated mission is "to inspire a passion for plants in high altitude communities through beautification, conservation, education and research programs."