Now seeing the light of day since being deposited at the Herbert this selection of photographs, which we assume was assembled by Graham Bissett, deserves its own page for the breadth of Alvis models it records bought new or owned in Scotland.
By sheer coincidence we also received some more old photos from the collection of the late Neil Lynch which includes this one of the Speed 25 pictured above in later special guise.
The Scottish Album starts with “Pop” Brown – click Scottish
More photos on Speed 20
The continuous process of cataloguing existing and incoming material has inspired some more new pages and additions to existing ones.
The Nick Georgano Collection of photos now has its own page and related articles – click Georgano
Retrieved from the Herbert is this photo from 1967…
In order to test our latest donation of a VCR to complement our DVD playing monitor we found this in our VHS library……
which works very well…..
To read about Sammy’s part in the 1929 Le Mans race click Sammy Davis
This photo from a viewer also completed the page on Police cars with some nice stories…
Click on Police cars
We have also been busy collating Aero material and this publicity photo from 1956 when Leonides engine production was at its peak poses the question – can you identify this plane?
Visitors to the Bowcliffe Drivers Club can enjoy a fine collection of original art with motoring as the inspiration. The Alvis world has enjoyed many years with Apsley as a constant companion and now a book is being published with some of his many works.
APSLEY, aka Tony Phillips-Smith, with his Jensen woody pictured in 1998.
We start the year with a 40 page compilation of articles on the Alvis that might have been, the TA350 – click TA350
We are holding a package of photos and documents for the current owner of this TC21 from the family of a previous owner who had restored it. The car had been previously the subject of an article The Shuttleworth Collection
My true loves sent to me
Twelve tappets chattering,
Eleven spokes a-rattling,
Ten cables fraying,
Nine joints with play in,
Eight hoses leaking,
Seven springs a-creaking,
Six perished plug-leads,
F i v e o l d r i n g s –
Four cross-threaded bolts,
Three scuffed tyres,
Two worn wiper-blades,
And an old clapped-out battery.
ERIC STAPLETON – 1977 AOC Bulletin 287
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