1963 Alvis TD21

I took this photograph in one of the car parks at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 2006.

It's a 1963 Alvis TD21 Series II with the 6-cylinder inline 2,993cc engine. The TD21 was produced from 1958 to 1963 with the Series II introduced in 1962. A total of 784 Series I cars were built and 285 of the Series II model. The Alvis Archive Trust Register gives this information about the above car:

Model:             TD21

Type:                SII

Coachbuilder: Mulliner Park Ward

Body no:          9001

Body style:      Saloon

Chassis:           26994

Registration:   CML 444A

Despatched:   10 9 1963

Alvis TD21

This car was on the stand of the Alvis Owners Club at the Northern Classic Car Show in the Belle Vue Exhibition Halls, Manchester, in September 1986.

It's an Alvis TD21 Series II, 285 of which were produced between 1962 and 1963 following on from the 784 Series I cars that were made between 1958 and 1961. Both cars had the Alvis 2,993cc straight-6 engine and a body by Park Ward, but the Series II had Dunlop disc brakes on all four wheels whereas the Series I had drum brakes on all four wheels till 1959 when the front wheels were given disc brakes.

Cars Around Hyde

Here are some photographs of cars that I've seen around Hyde recently that are a bit different than the modern ones that I usually see.

This is, I think, a late 1940s Standard 12 or 14 - they apparently share the same body with either a 12hp or 14hp engine.

I caught this car leaving a Shell filling station. It's an Alvis TD21, and I've been able to ascertain that it's a 1961 car, the chassis number being 26643.

This is a 1980/81 Volkswagen Golf GLS Mk1 Cabriolet

Another one seen at the Shell filling station was this Rolls Royce, I think a Silver Spirit from the 1990s.

Lastly one that isn't an old vehicle, but an unusual one for the streets of Hyde.

They're a common enough sight on motorways or the major roads of the country, but I can't say that I've ever seen an Eddie Stobart truck on the back roads of Hyde before. This Scania G410 was making an early morning delivery to a Tesco Express store in the Gee Cross area of Hyde. With a few exceptions all Eddie Stobart vehicles are given female names, and this one is 'Fleur' - you can see the name on the front of the vehicle just below 'Scania'. The fleet number is L7702.