Alvis a Plenty

Posted by on 22 May 2010 by admin in Uncategorized

Members of the Alvis Owners Club will be touring Shetland next week in a magnificent selection of classic Alvis cars for their first ever visit.

One or two Alvis cars have participated in the Shetland Classic Motor Show in past years and the Owners Club hoped to visit the show in June but this clashed with the Alvis International Show in Windsor. So, undaunted, they brought forward their visit to explore the delights of Shetland and meet with classic car enthusiasts in the islands.

Eleven cars arrive with Northlink Ferries on Monday morning and tour the islands from Sumburgh Head to Hermaness during their four day visit. During this time their itinerary incorporates many tourism highlights and visitor attractions. Many of the owners visiting Shetland are from Scotland but there are also enthusiasts from England, Belgium and the Cayman Islands.

Alvis made cars from 1920 until 1967 competing in the upper end of the market, and were not produced in large numbers thus they are very exclusive.
There is an air of quiet good breeding about an Alvis which expresses its owner’s taste and the cars are now desirable classics, with an enthusiastic following. Several of the cars coming to Shetland are TD 21 or TF 21 saloons, the last cars made by the company. Many have coach built bodies and the 1939 4.3 litre Razor Edged Saloon is one of only four built.

Maurice Mullay commented: ‘ We welcome the visit by the Alvis Owners Club and their magnificent vehicles and look forward to showing them as much of Shetland as possible. The Alvises will provide an splendid appetizer for the feast of automotive delights coming to The Shetland Classic Motor Show on the first weekend in June.

The cars can be viewed at the south car park at Clickimin Leisure Complex from 3.00 to 5.00 pm on Thursday 27th May. ‘