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Suddenly we are less than a couple of months away from the 70th Anniversary Weekend at Wroxall Abbey Hotel. Plans are well underway for the event and the highlighting of Fourteens and TF21s, even the latter youngsters are now 50 … Continue reading →

Our cars perhaps give the aura of quiet restrained English craftsmanship (O.K. so maybe not the TBs). It is sometimes good to remember the hardships that people went through to produce them and the dreams they fulfilled. Once such small … Continue reading →

With provenance becoming ever more important it is useful to know if a Fourteen has had a chassis change at some stage. So if you want some exercise after the Christmas excesses, go check your gussets. There are a pair … Continue reading →

The Hotel for next year’s Alvis weekend and our 70th Anniversary Celebrations was booked out at great speed. Late in the morning of the 4th November the phone was picked up by the hotel with the immediate weary response, ‘I … Continue reading →

Never mind Halloween and Guy Fawkes, the 4th November is the key date for getting in quick to book accommodation for our International Alvis Weekend 20-22 May 2016 at Wroxall Abbey Hotel & Estate, CV35 7NB. In the event that … Continue reading →

Sadly we lost a great TA/TB14 man, Steve Tillyer, this month. I know there will be tributes to Steve elsewhere but he will be very missed by all who knew him. Frequently, entertaining emails would come through with snippets of … Continue reading →

A Fourteen’s life! This new heading has been added to the site. ‘Mavis’ MVX 963, chassis 21785 has records dating back to when she was new and running right through until today. We are going to continue to add records … Continue reading →

Attending our local AOC Noggin and Natter in Chestfield, Kent brought with it the sight of an honest well used and cared for Maroon Mulliners Saloon. Not necessarily the stuff of headlines one might think as she sat basking in … Continue reading →

Is it that the weather this year has so far been ‘faltering’ or are we indeed using our cars less? During a two month tour of Scandanavia and the Low countries not one single prewar or prewar style vehicle was … Continue reading →

They don’t make em like they used to! The next time you debate whether The Alvis should go and attend an event perhaps take inspiration from past stalwarts? 2nd February 1967 saw three Alvis Cars attend the popular Noggin and … Continue reading →