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1937 Alvis Speed 25 SB Lancefield Concealed Hood [14463]

1937 Alvis Speed 25 SB [14463] in Classic British Cars: Made in Coventry, Documentary, 2021 IMDB

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: UK

1937 Alvis Speed 25 SB Lancefield Concealed Hood [14463]

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dsl SX

2021-06-09 20:17

[Image: 10-37alviscreamb.jpg]

In this shot, it's the part hidden one with ALVIS plates
[Image: 10-37alviscreamc.jpg]

... unless the plate is ALV 15 - 2016 photo in different colours ...
We've identified this vehicle using the details you provided
ALVIS SA 1982 UNKNOWN 1933
Registration number: ALV15
Body type: Convertible
Colour: Cream
Date of first registration: April 1933

Another pic found online - very art deco ...

(It's not ALV 1S which is on a VW Touareg).

johnfromstaffs EN

2021-06-09 21:17

This looks to me to be EXW 17, a 1937 Speed 25SB with coachwork by Lancefield.

-- Last edit: 2021-06-09 21:24:47

johnfromstaffs EN

2021-06-09 21:20

https://www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/8016682912

dsl SX

2021-06-10 01:54

We've identified this vehicle using the details you provided
ALVIS UNKNOWN 1938
Registration number: EXW 17
Body type: Tourer
Colour: Cream And Brown
Date of first registration: November 1995

"1937 ALVIS SPEED 25 LANCEFIELD CONCEALED HOOD
On August 19 1937, the Alvis Works dispatched this Speed Twenty-Five to Messrs Brooklands Motor Co., London as a “chassis-only car for exhibition at the London Show”. It was subsequently singled out for comment in the March, 18, 1938 issue of The Autocar, in an article about coachwork at the Earls Court Show. The article read: “An excellent example of open-car design is an Alvis Speed Twenty-Five with a concealed-head coupé by Lancefield Coachworks. The interest in this lies in the unusual lines of the wings, waist-line, and tail, for along the edges of both front and rear wings run concave flutings, and similar flutings begin to appear on the waist-line at the screen pillars, and become larger in section as they sweep to the end of the tail. This arrangement gives very clear-cut lines and emphasises the graceful proportions of the body.”

The drophead coupé, car number 18975, chassis number 14463, had been finessed by Lancefield, of Queens Park, London. Complete with a fully disappearing hood covered by a metal tonneau, it is believed to be a one-off body. Lancefield was run by three brothers, Harry, Edwin and Bob Gaisford, and their partner George Warboys. In the mid-1930s, Lancefield started to produce some extraordinary streamlined designs, of which the 1938 show car was the apogee. With its fluted lines and rear wheel spats, it was the epitome of Art Deco design. Bob Gaisford, in a letter to Ron Pinto, stated that this is the only Lancefield body of this style built on an Alvis chassis, but the same design was used by Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Mercedes-Benz and Hotchkiss. Gaisford recalled: “Of all the cars my brothers and I designed, the concealed drophead coupé was my favourite.”

In 1982, the Twenty-Five was selected as “one of the world’s most beautiful cars” and displayed in Berlin’s Autoshow der Superlative-Veedol Starparade. At the following year’s Pebble Beach Concours, it was selected as one of most elegant open cars. After spending time in Switzerland, the West Indies and California, it was finally repatriated to the UK in 1994 ,where it was restored and returned to its Earls Court Show colours.
" from here.

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