Numbers

Five years since the Alvis Archive Trust became an independent charity this is the 300th post on the website designed to showcase the accumulated photographic collection. Enthusiasts of the Alvis recorded numbers, wrote about them and photographed them. Because of obsessions with numbers, registers were published in the 1980s of the Alvis cars produced and have since been kept updated. The website now extends coverage to all Alvis products, including aero engines and fighting vehicles which you can find in QUICK INDEX.

You can find the answers to many questions within the website, use the Search box, and if it is not there ASK A QUESTION

You can help maintain the activities of the Trust and become involved, just click MEMBERSHIP

We endeavour to identify each photo with a chassis number which appears first in the caption. Click on any of the blue underlined links to find the source information. September news…..

26605 at Hampton Court – Ken Swanstrom’s 1961 TD21 Graber Special coupe – photo Edmund Waterhouse
14557 – Jim Sprague’s Speed 25 Offord at Blenheim Palace – photo Paul Chasney
14330 – 4.3 Vanden Plas short chassis tourer in the Gooding & Co auction at Hampton Court – sold post sale to a Midland’s collector – photo Edmund Waterhouse
2931 – 1924 12/50 200 mile Racing Car at Hampton Court – not sold in the auction – photo Edmund Waterhouse

There are several auctions in September including Brightwells offering this:

25717 – Grey Lady Tickford

There are five Alvis from 12/60 to TA21 Tickford on 20th September at H & H including:

10923 – Speed 20 SB Vanden Plas Tourer – 2014 photo AAT collection

Another Speed 20 is at auction next month in Switzerland – details on the newly reintroduced page Cars seeking new custodians

Further additions have been made to the page on TD21 : 1958-1963 to include this newly restored car in Switzerland

26088 – a left hand drive car sold new to Illinois
A few of these posters produced a very long time ago are available to visitors to Bowcliffe or by post to members
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Driving Alvis cars since 1964 and the website since 2012

2 thoughts on “Numbers”

  1. Thank you for making such a professional job of running our club and it’s facilities ,I will use them more now that my very long project on my woods is bearing fruit.

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