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At this time Historic Race Car is restoring a very rare Vintage Formula
Vee. It is a Belgium built A.P.A.L. chassis from early 1966. A.P.A.L.
stands for Application de Polyester Armee de Liege. (Armed polyester
application from Liege, a city in Belgium)
It was very successful in that year.
With the help of another Dutchman, Frans Parvant, who had his A.P.A.L
from the day it left Liege, the car is being restored to as close to
original as possible. Of course we have to upgrade many items such as
the roll bar, brake cylinder etc etc.
The car came with an in the USA illegal 1300 cc engine, which will be
replaced soon with a HRC prepared 1200cc motor.
As soon as the car has been tested, this other unique to the USA car
will be available for rent.
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During the Kohler International Challenge at Road
America Harry Lipetz from Vancouver,Canada, rented and raced
the Alpine in Group 1. The following is a quote from an E-mail
he sent me the day after the races:
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"It was a pleasure meeting both of you
and I really enjoyed the short time I spent with you. The car was a lot
of fun and I appreciated the efforts you made looking after it and
bringing it to the grid etc. It was a 'little different' than the Lola
but still loads of fun. I hope I can do it again some time and if you
need me as a reference in the future for the Alpine and your services
please feel free to use my name"
Harry
Lipetz
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