Description
1924 ALVIS SB 12-50 Ducks Back -
Now UK registered WC 1729 on 16 April 2026
CAR NO 8232
Chassis No 2820.
Just completed a ground up restoration to a very high standard with polished aluminium Ducks Back body, close ratio gear box, full set of Wefco spring gaiters, Andrew Muirhead leather interior, Sonnenland fabric tonneau and hood with bevelled glass window.
This is a stunning car, back from Australia after 100 years and after a restoration from a "years of experience" workshop.
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Original Details: Chassis No: 2820
Engine No: 3172
Gearbox No: 2152
Rear Axle No: 2158. (4. 5:1 Spiral Bevel)
Lighting & Starting: Brolt. Magneto: BTH. Tyres; Dunlop 30 ×3 1⁄2 SS
Completed O H chassis despatched to coachbuilders Cross & Ellis on 29th April 1924.
Fitted with polished aluminium 4-seater Super Sports body no 1045.
Returned to Works for final completion on 24th May 1924.
Despatched to export agents Tozer, Kemsley & Milbourn, 84 Fenchurch St, London EC3 on 13th June 1924.
Subsequent History as known to the Alvis Register Pre-War: The Register's records on this car are very sketchy and incomplete, but TVA2 records that the car was owned when new by Alfred W Fairfax (who we believe had served as a Motor Driver in Europe in WW1, and was the second owner of a Morgan-bodied 10-30 which is thought to have been the earliest Alvis to be imported into Australia). He seems to have had an association with the Sydney Alvis agents, Williams Bros Ltd, and competed in a number of road trials and similar competitions with some success, which brought useful publicity for the agents. There are one or two references to this in TVA2. Note especially p392 which records that Fairfax took third place in one of the handicap races at the opening meeting at Maroubra Speedway on 5 December 1925. Other references tell that in March 1926 he won the RACA Reliability Trial (see copy photo with incorrect caption), and that in November of that year (by which time it seems that the car had been fitted with a lighter 2-seater body) he won his class and came second overall in another unidentified trial. There seems to be a suggestion that by this time the car had been fitted with a lighter 2-seater body.
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Although we attempt to ensure accuracy of any statement or detail, the customer must make his or her own judgement in purchasing this car. The purchaser of the above car understands that he or she is purchasing a pre-war motor car with components that are up to 102 years old and sold as a collector item. There is no warranty given or implied due to the age of the car
