Frankfurt Exhibition

THIS EXHIBITION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE END OF 2021

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100 Years of ALVIS ( formerly T.G. John Ltd. *)

This Centenary is celebrated by ALVIS OWNERS and their Clubs all over the world. “Crossing Borders” has made a contribution to the celebrations by a unique Project by displaying the ALVIS in a Permanent Exhibition during February 2020 – February 2021 in the Centre of Germany in the Car museum CENTRAL GARAGE at Oberursel ( close to Frankfurt ) www.central-garage.de

*On 19th March in 1919 T.G. John purchased Holley Brothers Co. Ltd. of 17, Hertford Street, Coventry and changed the name in T.G. John & Co. Ltd. This Company was renamed The Alvis Car & Engineering Co. Ltd. on December 14th 1921.

We like to display the range of ALVIS car models from 1920 10/30 – 1967 TF 21….

1932 Silver Eagle chassis 9472, the first name in the original log book of Christoph Schmidt’s car is Anthony Powys-Lybbe.

10210 Firefly Cross & Ellis Dhc in teh Centenary Exhibition, Germany

1937 Speed 25 Charlesworth Drophead 14419

25856 TC21/100 Graber prototype for the TC108G, originally registered TDU 810 and used by John Parkes for several years. Photo Manfred Fleischmann

WRW 633 is the first Park Ward production TD21 saloon 18001, chassis 25946

The last Park Ward TF21 made in 1967 on display in the Frankfurt exhibition – owned by Adam Gilchrist

with back drops and literature to describe:

ALVIS developments: all synchromesh gearbox, front-wheel-drive, Alvis patents, aero engines, armoured vehicles

The history of the brand, including the men behind the name, T.G. John, G.P.H. de Freville, G.T. Smith-Clarke, W.M. Dunn, Mike Dunn, A. F. Varney, J.J. Parkes, Alec Issigonis, G.H. Tattersall;

racing History; advertising ALVIS; brochures, videos, reports in magazines

Alvis Coachbuilders; Carbodies, Charlesworth, Cross & Ellis, Graber, Mayfair, Mulliners, Park Ward, Vanden Plas, and many others

The Alvis Archive Trust;

Alvis Car Clubs; Alvis Owner Club, Alvis Register, Alvis Owner Club Netherlands, Alvis Car Club of Victoria, Alvis Car Club of New Zealand, Crossing Borders, Graber Freunde

ALVIS Model cars

Manfred Fleischmann

Crossing Borders

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