Vast history file from new; six owners, the current for 28 years; automatic gearbox rebuilt; electric power steering; disc brakes; unleaded head; stainless steel exhaust; driven 40 miles to the sale; one of only around 790 made; a much-loved Alvis, ready to enjoyLaunched in 1958, the Alvis TD21 was very much a car for the connoisseur and attracted buyers from the top echelons of society.

Styled by Swiss coachbuilder Graber, the bodywork was hand-made by Park Ward and it had a lavishly furnished interior that could have come straight from a Pall Mall gentleman's club with oodles of walnut and leather.Under the bonnet was a wonderfully smooth 3-litre straight-six which produced around 120bhp and gave the car a top speed of just over 100mph.

Initially fitted with drum brakes all round, these were upgraded to discs at the front in 1959.

By the time it was replaced by the stacked headlight TE21 in 1963, 1,069 had been sold, around 790 of them saloons, the remainder with drophead coachwor...