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1952 Alvis TA21 DHC Fabulously Original, One Famous Owner! For Sale by Auction

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Alvis has a history of engineering excellence and innovation. They invented the synchromesh gearbox and were the first to design and race a front wheel drive car, winning Le Mans. This wonderful TA 21 is a product of that history. Only 303 of these rare drophead cars were ever produced, and it’s estimated that 154 survive. The flowing coachwork was manufactured by Tickford, and built on top of the Alvis chassis with it’s 3 litre OHV six cylinder engine which is fitted with two SU carburettors. This handsome luxury car is one of only 85 produced in left hand drive, but this particular example is even more special than that....

This car was purchased new by the film composer Bernard Hermann from Cavalier Motors in Los Angeles in 1952. He was great friends with the film director, Alfred Hitchcock, (Hermann wrote the music for Psycho and Taxi Driver amongst many other movies), and the two of them went out one day planning to buy matching Bentleys. However, they were snubbed by a snobbish salesman at the Bentley-Rolls dealership, and so moved on to the Alvis dealer, pursued, in vain, by the Bentley showroom manager who had, belatedly, realised who they were.

The car was Bernard’s pride and joy, and has stayed in the family since that day. It is still almost entirely original, something very few 70 year old cars can say, and wears it’s age and lovely patina very well. The car was imported from the USA in 1972 when the family moved back to the UK and it consequently has the K registration UK plate.

There is a wealth of original documents with the Alvis, including the Manual of Instructions, some early Alvis Owners Club year books, and a copy of a contemporary magazine review of the same car.

We have been lucky enough to be able to drive this lovely machine, and can testify that the three litre engine still pulls smoothly, and is powerful for a car for this period, meaning she copes well in modern traffic.

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