1938 ALVIS 12/70
Serial number : A44057
French registration


The Alvis 12/70 was announced by the British manufacturer on September 22, 1937.

It was then a four-seat drophead sports sedan or coupe, related to the six-cylinder Alvis Silver Crest.

With Smith-Clarke, the chief designer and technical director, fully occupied with the construction of a new plant to manufacture Alvis' Gnome-Rhone radial engines, the 12/70 was designed by George Lanchester and proved to be his last car design.
Alvis then produced a 1,842cc four-cylinder overhead valve tappet engine that was similar to the Alvis Firebird engine but was, in fact, a new design.

Its 63 hp was sufficient to propel the car to a top speed of about 130 km/h.

Alvis also had to design and manufacture a four-speed gearbox, the first three gears of which were synchronized.
The car presented here is in very nice condition.

The two-tone paint is well done and the matte black rims look good.

The soft top is in good condition and has ...