Amongst some miscellaneous papers a card appeared with this painting commissioned by the late Rod Yeend prompting some research as to why it was chosen. 
The snowy scene depicts three ladies taking part in the 1953 Monte.
A Pathe News film can be found on YouTube here.
Warning -watching this will lead to other films ….
The actual car survives and is on offer for sale.
If you are the present custodian of the TD21 3969 VT which appeared on the TV Drama The Trial of Christine Keeler, the first owner has a sheaf of early history papers to hand on to you. I had a telephone enquiry after the second 
episode asking when Alvis made a long wheelbase version of the TD21. Another knowledgeable follower opined that John Profumo actually drove a Jaguar in the 1960s.
The updated Speed 25 Register generated some satisfying feedback including this rather fine picture of a surviving Charlesworth saloon in New Zealand.
These photos were sent in by Jonathan Gill, the other New Zealand owner of a Charlesworth saloon.
Both of these cars are in Batch 2.
The Register of Batch 3 of 150 cars is now available to view on the Speed 25 page together with additional photos.
There is also an updated piece on the 39 Cross & Ellis tourers.
Following feedback from the last post the Speed 25 page has been updated with more information. We have determined there are probably 55 remaining Charlesworth saloons, and that saloon bodies continue to be discarded in favour of specials or replica open coachwork.
The Graber page has been refreshed with some more photos.
Click on the links to open the pages.
Of the 391 Speed 25 models produced from 1936-40 the majority were Charlesworth saloons. Writing in 2002, George Butlin said over one half of the total production survived and that 151 retained their original coachwork, with the remainder becoming specials or rebodied as tourers or drophead coupes. A few Charlesworth saloons have changed custodians recently and one now lives close to Bowcliffe.
Once again we have had more than 20,000 visitors to the site in 2019 and this is where you were from…
….and this is what you looked at…
The Fourteen site also had visitors..
…as did the 4.3 site
So, although this gives us a good idea what you like would you be so kind as to let us know what you would like to read about in 2020? Just leave us your thoughts in the reply box below.
Happy New Year!
It’s the unexpected emails we receive with news of Alvis cars that have not been heard of for years which give us the greatest pleasure. Someone somewhere has quietly been taking care of a special car, not a member of any of the car clubs, or perhaps was at one time but no longer belongs. If this is you, we look forward to hearing from you with news of your Alvis. Just leave a reply below.
While the emphasis is on the cars the other products and their survival are also of interest. Questions about the uses of the Leonides engine have prompted a new page covering Hovercraft .
Coen van der Weiden has sent photos of the The Louwman exhibition which can be found on Louwman
The auction sale of a Graber TC108G has prompted an article on Graber with some information not published before, Gstaad Auction.
2020 promises to be a full year of events and a new book is expected, Alvis Society
The Dutch Alvis Owner Club (AOCN) is celebrating the Alvis centenary with 
an exhibition in the Famous Louwman National Automobile Museum in the Hague, from 20 December 1919 to 2 February 2020.
The Louwman Museum presents a retrospective exhibition of seventeen Alvis cars from the period 1920 to 1967 at the Great Hall in the museum. 
“Alvis is known as an English manufacturer of high quality cars who introduced a number of important innovations that are still used in the automotive industry. The exhibition shows a beautiful overview of the most important models that were fitted with mostly typical traditional English bodies“
A great opportunity to visit this top class museum enhanced with the presence of Alvis cars. Other exhibits from a visit some years ago:
Visit http://www.Louwmanmuseum.nl
