Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 91 of 105 Sat 29th Oct 2016 3:19am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3477 Thanks Anne,
That must be going back a while. I was hoping to hear of more celebrities, I can imagine there was quite a few. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 92 of 105 Sat 29th Oct 2016 4:02am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 I know Edward the 8th bought a new Alvis but did not collect from the factory - it was shipped to his house in Paris. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 93 of 105 Sat 29th Oct 2016 4:20am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 ![]() |
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charabanc Coventry All posts by this member | 95 of 105 Sun 30th Oct 2016 9:37pm Member: Joined Apr 2012 Total posts:167 If anyone has an obscure question about Alvis, a distant relative of mine is the official Alvis historian and I could make an enquiry of him on their behalf. |
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bohica coventry All posts by this member | 96 of 105 Sun 30th Oct 2016 9:46pm Member: Joined Apr 2012 Total posts:293 Was there ever a fully equipped hospital underneath? ![]() |
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David H Lancashire All posts by this member | 97 of 105 Sun 30th Oct 2016 10:42pm Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:106 The three cars pictured outside the Alvis works in I think 1991 are all from the Coventry Transport Museum collection. BO 2481 (if I've read it correctly) is the oldest surviving Alvis, a 1920 10/30 model. UL 2046 is a 1928 front wheel drive model, and 1 ALV is a 1965 TE21 model that belonged to the Alvis chairman J.J. Parkes.
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 98 of 105 Tue 3rd Jan 2017 3:31pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1531 Super picture NeilsYard. My grandfather lived in Malvern Road, top of Holyhead Road and was a skilled toolmaker at Alvis. I still have his wartime works pass. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 99 of 105 Tue 2nd Jan 2018 1:41pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 As has been discussed before - the original Alvis works in 1934 which were east of the bridge - visible on the right here.
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 100 of 105 Tue 2nd Jan 2018 5:15pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 And a slightly later one as they started to expand on to the new site west of the bridge. Can anyone confirm when the original site closed?
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Annewiggy Tamworth All posts by this member | 101 of 105 Tue 2nd Jan 2018 7:06pm Member: Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:1833 Hi Neil, in the archive it says that British Leyland sold it in 1981. A Telegraph article says Alvis moved to Walsgrave in 1990 and to Telford in 1999. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 102 of 105 Wed 3rd Jan 2018 11:18am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 Sorry Anne I meant the site on the town side of the bridge ![]() |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 103 of 105 Tue 4th Sep 2018 12:07pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5604 Pleased to have seen this on Sunday at our local car show - a 1935 Alvis Speed 20 SC Charlesworth Saloon ![]() ![]() |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 104 of 105 Mon 19th Nov 2018 9:13am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5604 |
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Mick Strong Coventry All posts by this member | 105 of 105 Wed 16th Dec 2020 10:11am Member: Joined Oct 2020 Total posts:368 On 2nd Jan 2018 7:06pm, Annewiggy said:
Hi Neil, in the archive it says that British Leyland sold it in 1981. A Telegraph article says Alvis moved to Walsgrave in 1990 and to Telford in 1999.
When Alvis moved to Walsgrave Triangle, they started a division called Alvis Fenestration. This division made window frames from solid bronze extrusions that were used in the New Parliament Building.
It was said that it would have been cheaper to hang a new Mercedes in the spaces instead of the completed frames.
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