24th Jul, 2024 13:00

Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire

 
Lot 20
 

1947 Alvis TA14 Shooting Brake

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Lot details

Registration No: PXS 797
Chassis No: 20853
MOT: Exempt

  • Shooting Brake coachwork by Reeve & Kenning of Chesterfield
  • Subject to an extensive restoration by Fisher Restoration
  • Offered with a copy of the factory records and a collection of invoices
  • Current V5C document and a collection of restoration photographs

Entering production in 1946, the new Alvis TA14 was a successful update of the pre-WW2 12/70 (designed by George Lanchester). With a two-inch longer wheelbase and four-inch wider track as well as some additional chassis bracing, it offered an improved ride and sharper handling. Credited with 65bhp, its 1892cc OHV four-cylinder engine was mated to a four-speed manual gearbox (with synchromesh on the top three gears) which drove the rear wheels via a hypoid back axle. Reputedly capable of over 75mph and accelerating from 0-60mph in 22 seconds, the model employed Girling twin leading shoe drum brakes all round. While the majority were supplied as Mulliner-bodied four-door saloons, the TA14 could also be had with two-door Drophead Coupe coachwork by Carbodies or Tickford and Shooting Brake coachwork by Reeve & Kennings, like the sale example. Some 3,311 examples are said to have been produced during the four years of production.

With Shooting Brake coachwork by Reeve & Kenning of Chesterfield, this impressive looking Alvis TA14, chassis number 20853, with engine number 20853, was originally registered with the number ‘LNU 743’ (the Shooting Brake wears ‘PXS 797’ today). It was delivered to Reeves and Kenning coachbuilders in Clay Cross Chesterfield in chassis form on 23rd January 1947 and delivered to Marcus Henry Collumbell, Kindsley Lodge, Adale Road, Smalley, Derbyshire on 8th July 1947. There is a copy of the factory records on file. Purchased from Ireland in June 2014 and in a poor state of repair, the Shooting Brake was entrusted to Fisher Restoration, Droitwich, to complete a 5-year complete chassis, engine and body restoration. Since the car’s restoration it has been used quite extensively on rallies, long range trips and won 3rd place at the Midland Automobile Club Concours d’Elegance at Shelsley Walsh in 2022. It is offered with a copy of the factory records and a collection of invoices from the aforementioned Fisher Restrations, the current V5C document and a collection of restoration photographs.

For more information, please contact:
James McWilliam
james.mcwilliam@handh.co.uk
07943 584760

 

Auction: Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire, 24th Jul, 2024

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