Description
Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
Viewing: Tues 28th April 2026 from 12pm
Auction: Wed 29th April 2026 from 9am
Location: St John's Rd, Buxton SK17 6BE
1948 Alvis TA14 Shooting Brake
No Reserve
Registration No: JYF 57
Chassis No: 21301
MOT: Exempt
Current family ownership since 2000
Shooting Brake coachwork
Supplied with a collection of restoration photographs
Entering production in 1946, the new Alvis TA14 was a successful update of the pre-war 12/ 70 (designed by George Lanchester). With a two-inch longer wheelbase and four-inch wider track as well as some additional chassis bracing, it offered an improved ride and sharper handling. Credited with 65bhp, its 1, 892cc OHV four-cylinder engine was mated to a four-speed manual gearbox (with synchromesh on the top three gears) which drove the rear wheels viâ a hypoid back axle. Reputedly capable of over 75mph and accelerating from 0-60mph in 22secs., the model employed Girling twin leading-shoe drum brakes all round. While the majority were supplied with four-door saloon bodies by Mulliners of Birmingham, the TA14 could also be had with two-door Drophead Coupé coachwork by Carbodies or Tickford and Shooting Brake coachwork by Reeve & Kennings. Some 3, 311 examples are said to have been produced during the four years of production.
In current family ownership since 2000, this unusual TA14 is understood to have been supplied in August, 1947, in chassis form. According to a 2000 letter on file from the Alvis Owner Club Registrar, chassis 21301 was originally a utility car constructed by Gaze Brothers along with a twin, chassis 21389. The letter details how some Gaze bodies were rebodied by Tickford as the original coachwork was of insufficient quality for a guarantee to be issued. Finished in red with brown leather, it was restored around 2005 and is offered with the current V5C, an historic continuation logbook and a collection of restoration photographs, this rare and attractive Shooting Brake has just been fully serviced and fitted with a new fuel pump plus Varta battery and is in running order ready to be enjoyed by the new owner !
