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All Fourteens and their friends can now look forward to celebrating the Seventieth Anniversary of the commencement of their production in 1946 and yes as a true Fourteen this does include the TB 14s as well. They will be reaching … Continue reading →

January sees the start of the New Year and many of us have been making resolutions and our cars will hope that some of these have included them. Good resolutions to delight Fourteens could include: 1.Always carry a working in … Continue reading →

  … or even a Carbodies Special edition! One Carbodies, chassis 22159, has made an epic journey this autumn under her own steam, with some help from ships. She has driven all the way from England to her new home … Continue reading →

Still on the review of early 1960s Bulletins when this charming piece in Bulletin 86 came to light. Written by the then Treasurer of the Alvis owner Club, Arthur W.Cromptom of York who owned a Shooting Brake. ‘Treasurer’s Tales 1. … Continue reading →

It is very good to report that Cyril Abbott’s Carbodies chassis no. 23362, registration FPY 235, that he owned from new, is still going strong with her current long term owner. Her current owner may however wince at the 1954 … Continue reading →

Debates occur about putting mascots onto TA 14s, some do and some don’t. KBP 161, chassis 22388 had no such qualms and was graced in 1986 by a beautiful 7.5 stone Portugese Prima Ballerina Fatima Brito. Fatima is still dancing … Continue reading →

One of the Reeve and Kenning Utilities has surfaced from her time in a barn collection for 40 years, chassis 20853, registration LNU 743. One of 7 Utility bodies known to have been manufactured by R & K, none were … Continue reading →

Plenty of Fourteen activity underway at the moment. A TB 14, living in Germany, has been honoured with an invitation to be one of the only 50 ‘Masterpieces’ to be on display at the prestigious Concours d’Elegance ‘Jewels in the … Continue reading →

Very sad news this month in that we lost a major character of the Alvis World, Malcolm Davey, Deputy Chairman of The Alvis Owner Club. There was perhaps one word, to my mind, that summed Malcolm up and that was … Continue reading →