1935 Alvis Silver Eagle SG 16.95 Tourer

Registration No: BZ 3068
Chassis No: 12478
MOT: Exempt

• Specified from new with larger 1.25in SU carburettors, twin fuel pumps and Lucas P100 headlights (all features more normally seen on a Speed 20)
• The subject of a 'chassis up, body off' restoration including a new ash frame during 1975
• Much improved during the current ownership with the paintwork being renewed and the engine overhauled by marque specialist Fisher Restoration in 2016
• Extensive history file with original logbook and handbook etc, original Belfast registration number

Supplied new to a gentleman in Belfast, this particular example – chassis 12478 – was specified with larger carburettors, twin fuel pumps and Lucas P100 headlamps; all features more normally found on a Speed 20. The subject of an extensive ‘chassis up’ restoration in 1975 which included the fitting of a new ash frame, the Alvis has been much improved since entering the current ownership six years ago. As well as having attention paid to its brakes, drive plates, wiring, wheels, tyres, battery and radiator etc, the Silver Eagle has benefited from a total repaint and thorough engine overhaul at the hands of marque specialist Fisher Restoration. Pleasingly retaining its original registration number ‘BZ 3068’ and engine (the latter now displacing 2.5 litres), the Tourer boasts full weather equipment. Rating the engine, gearbox, electrical equipment, interior trim and bodywork as ‘very good’, the vendor considers the paintwork to be ‘excellent’. Said to be ‘on the button and driving well’, this decidedly handsome Post Vintage Thoroughbred is offered for sale with ‘an extremely comprehensive history file’ encompassing the original logbook and handbook etc.

Introduced in 1935, the Alvis Silver Eagle SG 16.95 shared a number of design features with the marque's legendary Speed 20 model. Based - like its illustrious sibling - around a double-dropped ladder-frame chassis equipped with all-round semi-elliptic leaf-sprung suspension and fourteen-inch cable-operated drum brakes, it was powered by a smaller capacity version (2362cc vs. 2511cc) of the same triple SU carburettor fed OHV straight-six engine. Employing a shorter wheelbase than its sportier forebear, the Silver Eagle SG had the further advantage of an all synchromesh four-speed manual gearbox. Available with a choice of open or closed coachwork by the likes of Cross & Ellis and Holbrook, the Silver Eagle SG was a strong yet refined performer in the best traditions of the Coventry manufacturer.