TB 14s in Chassis Number order
Prototype at 1948 Brussels Motor Show
A threesome at IAW 2016
Possibly they may have underestimated the TB14 chassis !!!
Cartoons by Skrib from ALVISTAS (Alvis Owners Club Magazine) Vol 1 No.2 early 1950 and No.3 1951#
TB 140 Chassis No. 23504 A P Metalcraft Body No. 1007
RHD Original registration unknown
Standing with blue 23509
Left Alvis factory 6 April 1950
527-566 Originally EXC730 Chassis No. 23505 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. 1008
In Austalia from new.
Left Alvis factory 1 May 1950
CKD 337 Chassis No.23507? Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. B1012
Believe this NSW (Australia) registration matches this chassis no. Next to a red TB21.
Left Alvis factory 9 May 1950, delivered new to Australia
56348H originally NCW 216 then CFG 768 Chassis No. 23509 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. 1017
2017 Major restoration completed in Australia. For sale £75,000.
Left Alvis factory 20 May 1950
GKW 294 Chassis No. 23513 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. 1025
Spent some time in Denmark now back in Scotland
Changed hands 2018
Left Alvis factory 26 May 1950
MZ 9788 Chassis No. 23515 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. 1027
Under restoration since 1979. 2021 Sold mostly restored.
Left Alvis factory 13 June 1950
LLF 999 Chassis No. 23518 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. 1030
Photo above taken 1994
Photo taken at South West Alvis Day 1994
With same owner since 1971
Left Alvis factory 14 June 1950
Chassis No. 23520 Body No. 1009
Geneva Motor Show exhibit – see ‘Cars of Interest’
Left Alvis factory 1 March 1950
PSK 303 ( currently OLE 371 – it’s original UK registration, it was also subsequently 2 LPD4) Chassis No. 23521 Body No. 1002 A P Metalcraft
Re-imported into the UK November 1953 from Gibraltar.
Left Alvis factory 7 March 1950
LHF 046 Chassis No. 23522 A P Metalcraft Body No 1011
Lovely example still living in Sweden
Left Alvis factory 18 April 1950
CPN733 Chassis no. 23523 A P Metalcraft Body No. 1014
Exported as a new car to Sweden and still there. Undergoing complete restoration (2019).
Left Alvis factory 18 April 1950
FBK 732 Chassis No. 23526 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. 1032
Autumn 2022 Car may be offered for sale as a restoration project
Left Alvis factory 16 June 1950
DHE 252 Chassis No. 23530 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. 1037
1950s photo
Left Alvis factory 28 June 1950
646 FS (Previously ERG 1) Chassis No. 23532 A P Metalcraft
Body No.1041
In 1970 for sale in Southampton for £150!
Left Alvis factory 19 July 1950
Chassis No. 23534 Body No. 1043 A P Metalcraft TB 14 1950
Exported to Singapore to George Lee Motors
Left Alvis factory 1 August 1950
LGX 770 Chassis No. 23536 A P Metalcraft TB 14 1950 Body No. 1022
Left Alvis factory 14 June 1950
Chassis No. 23539 Body No.1034 A P Metalcraft TB 14 1950
Proud new owner Mr and Mrs Marquis H Buchanan and Mr and Mrs R Bustamante
Lima, Peru
From left Mrs A Buchanan & Mrs D Bustamante Peru
From left to right Mr M H Buchanan, Mrs D Bustamante, Mrs A Buchanan & Dr R Bustamante
Left Alvis factory 28 June 1950
MTV 550 Chassis No.23542 A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body No. 1045
Here is a fine pair of weird machines – MTV is alive and well in Lincolnshire and paired here with a Salamander at the RAF Scampton Fire Museum
Left Alvis factory 13 July 1950
LLK 799 Chassis No.23543 A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body No. 1047
Photo above believed to be at Heston in 1956 and driven by Charlie Chase
Featured in the book ‘Alvis The Story of the Red Triangle’ by Ken Day
Left Alvis factory 21 July 1950
HSG 97 Chassis No.23545 A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body No. 1049
Another witty cartoon by ‘Apsley’ who owned this car
Left Alvis factory 25 July 1950
BVV 423 Chassis No.23546 A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body No. 1052
Sports Jaguar wire wheels Left Alvis factory 26 July 1950
50-D-22 formerly ORB 244 Chassis No.23551 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. 1058
Note: Non original radiator due to an accident.
Re-sprayed and restored – photos 2016
Currently living in Ireland
Left Alvis factory 28 July 1950
50 ALVIS Chassis No.23555 A P Metalcraft TB14 Body No. 1056
See ‘Cars of Interest’ Fitted with a ‘Chevy’ engine
Changed hands 2020
Left Alvis factory 9 August 1950
JGB 659 Chassis No. 23558 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. 1051
Left Alvis factory 21 July 1950
MFM 563 Chassis No. 23559 A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body No. 1061
Taken at 1 Shrewsbury House, Cheyne Walk, London S.W.3. In the 1960s.
Left Alvis factory 16th August 1950.
KTG 373 Chassis No. 23561 A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body No. 1081
Stored for many years. Undergoing restoration.
Left Alvis factory 18 August 1950
HUS 471 Chassis no. 23564 A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body No. 1067
Early 1950s – What a Birthday present!!!
Photo above taken in London SW5 in 1963.
Photos when in the USA
2015 In Belgium for restoration.
Left Alvis factory 28 August 1950
Originally GUN 432 Chassis No. 23567 Coachbuilder Metalcraft TB14
In Germany for many years (photos 2016)
Left Alvis factory 15 September 1950
P1949 (Prototype 1949) then LND 702 Chassis No. 22568 Coachbuilder King and Taylor
See ‘Cars of Interest’
This was the 1948 Motor Show car revised and exhibited at the 1949 Motor show in Ivory.
AEC 421 Chassis No.23569 A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body No. 1086
Left Alvis factory 13 October 1950
EFE 671 Chassis No. 23571 A P Metalcraft TB14 Body No. 1063
Featured on Page 155 of ‘Weird Cars’ by Stephen Volkin.
Left Alvis factory 14 September 1950
OFO 952 (Previously OPO 952, ALV 844 and ECL 123) Chassis No.23574
A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body No. 1084
Left Alvis factory 22 September 1950
HUS 384 Chassis No. 23575 A P Metalcraft Body No. 1064
Wonderful period photo.
Left Alvis factory 22 August 1950
GWM 437 Chassis No. 23577 A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body no. 1087
GWM 437
Chassis no.23577
GWM 437
Chassis no.23577
GWM 437
Chassis no.23577
Photo taken at International Alvis Weekend 2014
2015 At Rutland Ramble
Always known as ‘Ruby’
Photo taken at IAW 2016 with proud new Austrian owners
Left Alvis factory 3 November 1950
AL 94 62 Originally HYS 615 then HZ 33 XL Chassis No.23579 Body No.1088
Known as the ‘Grey Whale’ Photo 3 shows her with the late Melle Visser who owned her for 33 years until 2012
Photo taken at the IAW at Abingdon 30/31 Aug 2014
Photos at IAW at Stratford 22/22 August 2015 after a year’s restoration and taken back to her original colour scheme, number plate and recreation of the famous cocktail cabinet!!!
Left Alvis factory 2 November 1950
EDB 677 Chassis No.23582 A P Metalcraft TB14 Body No.1085
Above 1966 photo.
Originally red, the car stood for over 30 years and with only a little help started up and ran!
Above photo taken at IAW 2016
2023 Under major restoration in Austria
Left Alvis factory 28 September 1950
LND 570 Chassis No. 23584 A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body No. 1068
Resident in Germany
Photos attending premier car show ‘Jewels in the Park’ at Schloss Dyck , Germany 1-3 August 2014
See also http:youtu.be/D3Pp5J3YJUU
Left Alvis factory 29 September 1950
HYS 187 Chassis No.23586 A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body No. 1071
Left Alvis factory 10 October 1950
EHS 844 Chassis No.23587 A P Metalcraft TB 14 Body No. 1070
In beautiful condition and currently in Germany.
Left Alvis factory 6 October 1950
ECL 265 Chassis No. 23588 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. 1090
Crystal Palace National Alvis Day 1968
1968 Ridgewell, Essex
Currently being fully restored in the US. In the same family for nearly 60 years.
Photo February 2020
2021 Fully Restored
Left Alvis factory 7 November 1950
LXA 453 Chassis No.23590 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. 1091
2015 barn find after 17 years in storage. Car is complete.
Restoration begins!
Above photos 2017
Photo 2019
Left Alvis factory 3 November 1950
3956 RA Originally NPP 631, has also been JAV1, Chassis No. 23593 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft, Body No. 1092
Lovely example of the traditional Ivory with red trim as built.
Left Alvis factory 3 November 1950
LVM 186 Chassis No. 23597 Coachbuilder Metalcraft Body No. 1098
Rebodied in 1951 with a ‘Special’ body from pre-war Maserati racing car. Now in Germany
Left Alvis Factory 14 February 1950
JGB 56 Chassis No. 23598 Coachbuilder A P Metalcraft Body No. 1099
Left Scotland 1968, since time spent in Canada and Alaska.
2022 For Sale in Canada, two owners from new and very original.
Left Alvis factory 11 Dec 1950
Alvis Fourteen 