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£61,980
1937 Alvis 4.3-Litre Drophead Coupé Registration no. ASF 458 Chassis no. 13639 Engine no. 14219
United Kingdom • 6 Sept 2014
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1937 Alvis 4.3-Litre Drophead Coupé, chassis number '13639', has a rich history, including being owned by Robert Reid of Edinburgh and later being converted into a bespoke special rally car after a fire in 2000. It boasts a rebuilt engine, a shortened wheelbase, and a Gurney Nutting-style two-door drophead coupé body, making it a unique and mechanically sound vehicle with a well-documented past.
Condition
6
The car is described as mechanically 'spot on', with overall good bodywork, paint, and interior. While it has participated in rallies and suffered fire damage in the past, it was restored to a bespoke special rally car. The listing mentions numerous photographs and articles, a quantity of expired MoTs, and a Swansea V5C document, suggesting that the car is well-documented and maintained.
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Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
13639
Odometer:
[Odometer Reading]
Reg Number:
ASF 458
RHD/LHD:
RHD
Pre-war development of the six-cylinder Alvis culminated in the announcement of the 4.3-Litre in August 1936.
The 4.3-Litre was based on the 3.5-litre Speed Twenty Five introduced the previous year and was powered by an enlarged version of Alvis's new seven-bearing, overhead-valve engine producing 137bhp.
The cruciform-braced chassis featured the kind of advanced thinking long associated with the marque: independent front suspension and a four-speed all-synchromesh gearbox, introduced on the preceding Speed Twenty, were retained with the additional refinements of driver-controlled Luvax hydraulic dampers and servo-assisted brakes.
Claimed to be the fastest un-supercharged saloon on the UK market, the Alvis 4.3-Litre was certainly one of the few pre-war saloons capable of a genuine 100mph.
Sturdily built and endowed with a generous wheelbase, the Alvis Six attracted some of the finest examples of the pre-war coachbuilders' art, though the 4.3-Litre's chassis-only price of £750 meant...
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£28,750
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£65,102
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£101,453
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