Description
ALVIS TF21 DHC 1967
Chassis 27428
Delivered: Dark blue
18 examples in the world
Last ALVIS built
History and invoices since 1967
Exceptional file
This car is one of the rare ALVIS TF21 still on the road among the 18 built.
A rare model that sits in the TE21 lineage by introducing a certain modernity.
Presented in 1966 at the Geneva Motor Show, it would be produced for only 1 year.
Alvis wanted to offer its affluent clientele a model suitable for daily use, combining performance, safety and comfort. All in a chic English mood, as the English so well know how to do.
On the engine side, it is equipped with a powerful 6-cylinder 3L developing 150hp, powered by 3 SU carburettors.
It features a five-speed ZF gearbox, assisted disc brakes, a rack-and-pinion steering system, and independent front suspension with coil springs.
A coupé version and a cabriolet version were produced.
The second one in only 18 exemplars, including this one.
An automobile with exceptional history: we have the list of all its owners, all repair invoices since 1966, all original manuals and advertisements, and the full detail of its restoration. It was delivered new in 1967 to the Director of Industrial Rentals Ltd in London. Seven English owners followed! The car left Great Britain only from 2002 to be shown notably at the Angoulême Circuit. Its French life really begins in 2015, after a brief spell in Switzerland. It is today owned by a gentleman driver from the Côte d’Azur.
This 2-door, 4-seat cabriolet is the work of Swiss coachbuilder Graber (car body number 9614). The design, to our eye, is easy to mistake for a Facel Vega!
The body was completely dismantled, blasted, repainted in the 1990s. The chassis was restored in the 2000s.
Alignments are perfect, the paint is brilliant.
The chrome is original and in excellent condition.
The upholstery was redone in the 1980s. To this day it shows standard wear, being almost 50 years old!
The carpets are in good condition.
The hood is nearly new and was replaced in 2011.
The instrumentation is functional. The electrical system was overhauled in the early 1990s.
Mechanically, many items have been restored, improved or modernised.
- bore re-boring
- remanufacture of the original pistons and new sleeves
- installation of more modern bearings
- custom remanufacture of a camshaft able to operate with higher compression
- fitted sleeves with original 83 mm bore
- installation of modern steel valves, unleaded valve seats, bronze valve guides
- checking camshaft angles
- replacement of all steel studs with V155
The entire suspension has been overhauled with the replacement of brass bushes by bearings, removal and blasting of spring leaves and replacement of dampers.
The original ZF gearbox has been opened and restored. The clutch has been replaced.
Finally the power steering system is the original, fully restored.
Currently the car is maintained in a specialist workshop for English classic cars.
Such a model is rare on the market, even virtually non-existent! With only 18 examples we are talking micro-production… which is the last ALVIS model produced.
With an extraordinary historical file to boot.
A must-see.
Viewings by appointment only.
Registration certificate for classic vehicles
