What car is this?
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It looks like a kit due to the proportions of the body. The front looks similar to a 'blower' Bentley of the 1930's, the rear body's height is too low and a 'bit' Morgan.
It has Mk1 Mini rear lights fitted.
Possibly a Lomax, built using Citroen 2cv chassis and running gear. I may well be wrong though.
Nice looking car for the summer!
It has Mk1 Mini rear lights fitted.
Possibly a Lomax, built using Citroen 2cv chassis and running gear. I may well be wrong though.
Nice looking car for the summer!
Same car spotted on another forum.
"Alvis TA 14 Sport Special"
A TA14 (1946-1950) should look something like this:
All coach-built cars, so I assume someone has made a "faux" 20's/30's roadster body to replace a rotten original 40's saloon/tourer body.
"Alvis TA 14 Sport Special"
A TA14 (1946-1950) should look something like this:
All coach-built cars, so I assume someone has made a "faux" 20's/30's roadster body to replace a rotten original 40's saloon/tourer body.
Edited by Roy C on Tuesday 12th July 09:33
HovisT2 said:
Possibly a Lomax, built using Citroen 2cv chassis and running gear. I may well be wrong though.
It is definitely not a Lomax, or in fact anything 2cv based. The 2cv is front engined and front wheel drive and it has a longitudinal engine. For this reason the engine is well forward of the front wheels. It is also exceedingly difficult to get and locate none standard 2cv wheels to fit, and there are none on the market currently that i am aware of that look like that. This car is definitely front engined, and definitely longitudinal, so is rear wheel drive.
Slomax
Edited by slomax on Tuesday 12th July 09:40
HovisT2 said:
It looks like a kit due to the proportions of the body. The front looks similar to a 'blower' Bentley of the 1930's, the rear body's height is too low and a 'bit' Morgan.
It has Mk1 Mini rear lights fitted.
Possibly a Lomax, built using Citroen 2cv chassis and running gear. I may well be wrong though.
Nice looking car for the summer!
The big giveaway for me is the radiator mounted well forward of the front axle -it just looks wrong! On an original prewar Alvis the radiator is approximately level with the front axle.It has Mk1 Mini rear lights fitted.
Possibly a Lomax, built using Citroen 2cv chassis and running gear. I may well be wrong though.
Nice looking car for the summer!
You can make a good looking special out of a TA14, but you have to move the engine back at least a foot!
IT'S AN ALVIS TA14 Sorry if I've missed something Roy, I was thinking about the Black one and I can't understand why someone would want to make their Alvis look like a Kit Car!
Scuttle, rad and axle lines look so different. What is claimed to be the origin of the body?
Don't get me wrong, I would be proud to own it but it still doesn't look like an Alvis to me.
Scuttle, rad and axle lines look so different. What is claimed to be the origin of the body?
Don't get me wrong, I would be proud to own it but it still doesn't look like an Alvis to me.
It is described as an "Alvis TA 14 Sport Special", so I assume it is a TA14 chassis with a dodgy-looking (German?) two-seater body. AFAIK all the TA14's had bodies fitted by coachbuilders (Carbodies, Tickford, Mulliner, etc). It doesn't look right because IMHO the proportions of that post-war saloon car don't suit a sports body style.
There's a mixture of nice original-looking cars and some really awful looking specials on his website.
There's a mixture of nice original-looking cars and some really awful looking specials on his website.
Roy C said:
It is described as an "Alvis TA 14 Sport Special", so I assume it is a TA14 chassis with a dodgy-looking (German?) two-seater body. AFAIK all the TA14's had bodies fitted by coachbuilders (Carbodies, Tickford, Mulliner, etc). It doesn't look right because IMHO the proportions of that post-war saloon car don't suit a sports body style.
There's a mixture of nice original-looking cars and some really awful looking specials on his website.
Yes, that is a Alvis TA 14 from 1948. More than 30 years ago converted in England.There's a mixture of nice original-looking cars and some really awful looking specials on his website.
1948 Alvis 14 roadster Special – Chassis/Frame no 22680 – Reg.no. FVJ 694. This is a project started in the 1960s by the late Laurie Halliwell in Hereford – based on a TA 14 with the radiator lowered and engine mods carried out by Norman Routledge in Leeds. Purchased incomplete around 969 by Peter Thompson who sold it two years later to Peter Harrison, then Southern Secretary. Peter built a totally new body, rewired from scratch, making a very attractive 2+2 roadster. This took 4 years and is fully documented, together with the original registration book, original handbook plus receipts and photographs of conversion. The car was then sold to Bill Cooper, an avid enthusiast and Register member. Bill Cooper kept the car until his demise in 1985, having fitted new hood, horns and other oodies! Peter Thompson repurchased the car from Bill’s widow to use in Club events. This he never did but passed it to son Nicholas who did! He fitted a new set of tyres, battery and had the engine professionally rebuilt. Repainted black with red wheels, new ignition, seats and radiator. Keith Brooham then purchased the car in 1987. He added new chrome headlights, tyres, brake pads and tonneau and kept it regularly serviced. He used it regularly
to Alvis meetings until he became ill in 1994, since which time it has only been brought out from the garage on “high days and holidays”. It has been a fun car to own and run but due
to ill health he now feels it should be used and enjoyed more by someone who wants a club fun car with a unique history. For further interest, an oil painting of this car dated around
1978 was discovered and is now owned by an Alvis member. The car is still in running order and has a full MOT.
Now for sale in Germany. In my garage. Thanks Hupo http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/4.gif
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