This remarkably well-preserved and rare motor car, one of the early entries for our 22nd September sale at Bolesworth Castle, has been in the same family ownership its entire 65-year life and is the desirable Drophead Coupé version of Alvis’s well-regarded, elegant three-litre model. The model has excellent design credentials, it was the first production-model Alvis to be designed by Carrosserie Hermann Graber of Switzerland, the sleek bodywork then coachbuilt by Park Ward in England.
During its first three decades or so, this four-seater Alvis was well maintained and regularly used by the family, including making trips to Italy. Some 25 years ago the car was put into dry storage and has remained garaged and unused ever since. Consequently it is now in need of recommissioning, the vendor describing the 3-litre, 120bhp, six-cylinder engine, Borg-Warner three-speed automatic transmission, electrics, bodywork, metallic grey paintwork and red leather-trimmed interior as ‘average’, though we feel that assessment may be a little harsh in some respects, with areas such as the hood and carpets looking particularly unaffected by the passage of time, having possibly been replaced at some point.
The car is offered at No Reserve and has the added attraction that it comes complete with the cherished registration ‘WYR 8’. These cars rarely come up for sale, let alone one which has been safely hidden away for more than a quarter of a century.
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