Advertising Last completed movie pages 1936 Alvis 3½ Litre Drophead Coupé Charlesworth [13114]Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: 
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◊ 2021-07-22 12:51 |
Even at maximum brightness this could be a problem. Alvis Speed 20. |
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◊ 2021-07-22 13:01 |
2001 Auction listing 1936 Alvis 3.5 Litre Four Seat Drophead Coupe, coachwork by Charlesworth. Registration No: BOM 222 Chassis No: 13114 Mot Expiry: 18.6.2001 ... full chassis-up restoration by the present owner at enormous cost carried out in 1992 by I. Wilkinson & Sons Ltd of Derby and since then it has been maintained, regardless of cost, by the Alvis specialists Red Triangle. ✗ Untaxed Tax due: 1 June 2001 MOT No results returned Vehicle make ALVIS CHARLESWORTH Date of first registration February 1936 Year of manufacture 1936 Cylinder capacity 3675 cc Export marker No Vehicle status Untaxed Vehicle colour GREEN Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 21 September 2006 |
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◊ 2021-07-22 13:06 |
There is no 3675cc Alvis, the nearest would be 3571cc, Speed 25. Six cylinders 83mm bore x 110mm stroke. |
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◊ 2021-07-22 13:14 |
"The 3½ Litre or Model SA25.63 was introduced at the 1935 Motor Show for the 1936 season. I am often asked “what is a 3½ Litre“; not very surprising when only 62 examples were produced making it one of the rarest of Alvis models. It is one of the 6-cylinder ‘sporting’ models which Dave Culshaw has described as being evolved by careful selection from the parts bin. Two ‘new’ units were in fact employed. The chassis was effectively a Speed 20 SD stretched to 10′ 7″ wheelbase but retaining the Speed 20 SD back springs (which were lengthened by a foot when the Speed 25 came along) and adding a solid floor plate filling the area between the gearbox and the batteries. The engine (later used for the Speed 25) similarly looks like a stretched Speed 20 unit, with a 7-bearing crank, looking back to that model by not having a thermostat and bypass. Running gear, engine ancillaries and gearbox are shared with other models, but the radiator was about 4″ taller than the Speed 20 or 25 and the bodyline therefore that much more imposing. The grille is a bolt-on affair with a large number of narrow vertical slats, easily distinguishable from the other big sixes. Unlike the Speed 20, the model was available only as a chassis. Coachbuilders associated with Alvis; Mayfair, Mulliner, Charlesworth, Vanden Plas, etc. put out body designs for the new chassis and there are therefore groups of cars which have bodies to the same design, but there were no “off the peg” cars such as were available for the Speed 20 and indeed for the Speed 25. Every body was individually ordered by the customer. Some bodies were one-offs, usually by companies not normally found building bodies for Alvis Cars." - from here. Chassis listing here (pdf file). |
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