Description Interesting history from new; four owners, the second for 37 years and the current for 12 years; fully restored in the early 1990s and meticulously maintained since; power steering; front disc brakes; only 10,000 miles on rebuilt engine; one of only 239 made; wonderful condition; forced sale due to illness Launched in October 1958, the Graber-styled Alvis TD21 was an immediate success, the combination of a luxury interior, elegant bodywork and 100mph performance proving immensely attractive to the well-heeled clientele at which it was aimed.

The Motor described it as having "a Jeeves-like quality of responding to its master's whim" while Autocar praised it as "one of the most enchanting owner-driver cars imaginable," singling out the quality of the Park Ward coachwork with doors that "close with a majestic clunk - more like an air of finality than a noise." Qualities that were no doubt appreciated by owners as august as the Dukes of Edinburgh and Windsor, Sir Douglas Bader...