This very tidy and original bodied Alvis 12/40 was despatched from the works on the 29th July 1924 and exported to Australia where the car was bodied as a four seater tourer by Kirkham of Sydney.
The first owner, a Mr Boyce was a Sydney based real estate broker who eventually passed the car to its second owner a Mr John Claude Cole in whose family it remained until circa 1980.
Consigned to auction, the 12/40 was complete but dilapidated when Australian Alvis Owner’s Club member Mr Fred Heming bought the car.
A couple of years later Mr Heming sold the car to Mr Rob Simpson who carried out a comprehensive restoration with new wood and metal work repairs as needed together with a mechanical overhaul.
The 12/40 was then used to tour the Eastern States, South Australia and Tasmania.
The 12/40 had its engine overhauled again before being repatriated to the UK in 2011.
The car then became part of a private Alvis collection with recent works to the carburettor magneto and brakes together with new tyres.
This particular 12/40 is one of only six Kirkham bodied Alvis 12/40 cars known to have survived and indeed surviving 12/40s are now few and far between.
A super motor car and example of this Alvis model.
An older restoration, but very well done and with no expense spared.
Photographs of the body off restoration.
Light, quite and agile, with very.....
During the Second World War, the Alvis factory had been a major defence contractor, however, the entire works was to suffer serious damage during a bombing raid on the.....
One off Vanden Plas coachwork.
Continuous history
Current (second) owner since 1949
Matching numbers throughout
Factory build sheet
Original engine taken out and rebuilt in the 1980s. Only recently.....
