I photographed this car in one of the car parks at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies race meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.
It’s an Alvis Speed
20 SD Drop head coupe car with bodywork by Vanden Plas. The chassis left Alvis
on 31st October 1935, was completed by Vanden Plas on 1st March 1936, and was sold in April 1936. It is one
of 5 produced as a Model SD with drop head coupe body design by Vanden Plas. Its
chassis number is 13013, one of probably only three that remain, and is the
only car of its type registered in the membership list of the Alvis Owner Club.
Mechanically the Speed 20 SD was one of the most advanced cars manufactured in
the pre war years, having independent front suspension and a gearbox with
synchromesh on all gears. The 2,762cc straight-6 engine was extremely powerful
giving the car a top speed of over 90 miles per hour and it is fitted with a
high ratio differential which enables it to cruise comfortably in modern
traffic.
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