1959 Alvis TD21 Saloon

Lot details
Registration No: 714 DYD
Chassis No: 26024
Mot Expiry: March 2019

- Useable example subject to a body restoration and repaint in 2015

- Owned since 2005 and said to drive "very well"

- White with original red leather and replaced red carpet

The elegant four-seater Alvis TD21 was launched in late 1958 and owes its stylistic origins to a special-order Hermann Graber Coupe variant of the TC21/100. Powered by a 2993cc OHV straight-six engine with a choice of four-speed manual or Borg Warner three-speed automatic transmission, the interior was typical of luxury British motorcars of the period, featuring leather upholstery, pile carpets and polished wood fascia. Just 592 Saloon versions of the Series I TD21 were manufactured.

714 DYD was manufactured in 1959, the first year of production and has been in the current ownership since 2005. Finished in white with original red leather interior and equipped with drum brakes all round, it was subject to a body restoration and repaint in 2015. At some point the carpets have been replaced and new front brake linings were fitted in 2016. Displaying some 40,000 unwarranted miles it is said to run very well, having recently completed a trouble-free trip to Dorset. Benefiting from the preferred manual gearbox this quintessentially English gentleman's express is accompanied by a current MoT to 27th March 2019.