WHAT'S AN ALVIS TB 21

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WHAT'S AN ALVIS TB 21

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1952 ALVIS TB21 SPORTS TOURER
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Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd was a British manufacturing company in
Coventry from 1919 to 1967. Alvis cars were a quality build equivalent to a Bentley.
In addition to automobiles designed for the civilian market, the company also
produced racing cars, aircraft engines, armoured cars and other armoured fighting
vehicles. In 1968, a buyout of the car operations was finalised and all the Alvis
car design plans, customer records, stock of parts and remaining employees
were transferred to Red Triangle of England (still in existence today).

The Alvis TB 21 was a two seater open car (right-hand drive) based on the running
gear of the TA 21 saloon and made only in 1952. Alvis contracted AP Metalcraft, a
Coventry coachbuilder, to produce the TB 21 body to fit on the TA 21 chassis. Alvis,
records show that 31 TB 21 Sports Tourers were produced. Only 8 are in the USA.

This Alvis TB 21 chassis #25133 (one of the 31 built) was conceived as a factory
prototype in order to have a left-hand drive, 4-seater roadster for the American
market in the lineup of Alvis Cars. The project was discontinued because of the high
cost of production (making this car a one off). In 1952 this car was sold to the Alvis
dealer in New Zealand. Since early 2000s, this one of a kind car was in Southern
Germany. In 2017 this prototype car came to America, as was originally intended.
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I saw that at Queens English.
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Wow, what an unusual car. Has so many features from other cars... Jag rear end, Triumph front wing lines, etc.
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Sandy, I enjoyed talking with you at Queen's English about this car. It truly is an impressive car. Thanks for sharing it here. Enjoy!
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