Description
1933 Alvis Silver Eagle TC 19. 82 Mayfair Special All-Weather
Registration number LJ 7368
Chassis number 9560
Engine number 10016
Duo grey
An amazing car with amazing history
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Family owned from new
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Originally orded by the Reverend James Douglas Simpson it passed to his son Norman Douglas Simpson, a meticulous botanic.
Understood to be one of two Mayfair bodied Alvis cars, with the possibility of a third in Australia
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With a wonderful and extensive history file/ archive including:
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Five Autocar Register for Motorists Diary(ies) for Recording the Upkeep Cost and Expenses of Motor Cars for the years 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946 and 1947
. Much early correspondence from ordering the chassis from Alvis and ordering the body from The Mayfair Carriage Company
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Also noting the Alvis was originally chauffeur driven (until 1936) and was used until 1949, remaining off the road until 1974 when it passed to another family member
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Much work carried out by Rod Jolley in 1990 with bills on file (engine rebuild, radiator rebuild, rewire, dismantling car, chrome plating & reassembly) for £2, 286. 15, £5, 022. 69, £3, 129. 82, £512. 32, and £2, 500. 75, totalling £13, 451. 73 (against an estimate of £8, 000 which the owner notes in his correspondence as being frightnening!)
RF60 buff log book, numerous booklets, tax discs for 1946 & 1948 and servicing ephemera
Also correspondence to and from DVLA when the family managed to retain the original registration number LJ 7368 after the car was laid up (1949 onwards) and the paperwork lost
Even with two Motor Spirit Ration Books for LJ 7368 dated 1939
With a wonderful and extensive history file/ archive including:
hand-written paper diary pages noting the Alvis travels 1933-1935 (assume written by the chauffeur)
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Five Autocar Register for Motorists Diary(ies) for Recording the Upkeep Cost and Expenses of Motor Cars for the years 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946 and 1947
. Much early correspondence from ordering the chassis from Alvis and ordering the body from The Mayfair Carriage Company.
The car is exceedingly well preserved, with original paint, original interior trim, all the original parts are still there.
After an extensive mechanical recommissioning and a deep cleaning, the car is now ready for collecting admiration everywhere, from concours d’elegance to long rallies.
