1930 Alvis 12/50

I took this photograph in the paddock (when it was a paddock and not a tarmac strip) at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1973.

It's Frank Spencer's 1930 Alvis 12/50 which competed in a handicap race at the meeting. The Alvis 12/50 was produced from 1923 to 1932 and 3,705 were built, with a choice of 3 different sizes of the 4-cylinder inline ohv engine. Frank Spencer's car had the 1,645cc unit.

 

1930 Alvis 12/50

This car took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's annual Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in May 1992 and is pictured here before the start of the Run in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester.

It's a 1930 Alvis 12/50 and the only information about it in the programme of the event is that it was entered for the Run by John P. Glithero of Hyde, Cheshire. The Alvis company was founded in 1919 with motor car production commencing three years later with the 10/30 model, and 1924 was to see the launch the 12/50 that established Alvis as a manufacturer of high-quality sporting cars. The 12/50 originally had a 4-cylinder inline engine of 1,496cc and was produced through various revisions until 1932, the engine size being increased to 1,598cc and finally to the 1,645cc of the car pictured here.

Peugeot 148

This car took part in a 4 lap handicap race at the VSCC's Boulogne and Hawthorn Trophies Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 2005.

It's the 1913 Peugeot 148 of Clive Press, originally built with a 4,536cc 4-cylinder engine, but now with a 9,934cc 4-cylinder Hall-Scott A-7 aero engine.

Here's Clive Press at Britten's chicane during the race leading the 1928 Riley Brooklands of John Williams and the 1927 Alvis 12/50 SD Sports of Robert Glover.

Alvis at SSAFA Car Show

Another photograph from the car show in support of SSAFA at Hyde United's football ground at Ewen Fields on 19 October 2014, this time a 1930 Alvis 12/50 TJ.

Here's the Wikipedia article about the Alvis 12/50