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Alvis 3 Litre Special
The Story
A fast, sure-footed aluminium-bodied special created for spirited touring and rally use.
Following the end of World War 2 Alvis remerged with a range of cars, based on their pre war chassis. As with many manufacturers there was no time or money to develop new products, therefore the TA14 was really a freshened up pre war 12/70 introduced in 1938.
Alvis had always sold well built cars with sporting pretensions, but the TA14 offered little in terms of real performance with the 4 cylinder engine and heavy coachwork.
Our Alvis 3 Litre Special, is fitted with a 3 litre Alvis six cylinder engine from the immediate post war TC mated to a TD cylinder head and fitted with 3 SU carburettors and straight through exhaust system.
The bodywork is all aluminium and built on a tubular frame, the design of the coachwork has been taken from racing specials of famous European Marques of the mid 1930's
The power to weight ratio makes this a fast, sure footed special, for rally use
Specifications
- Model
- Alvis 3 Litre Special
- Chassis
- Refurbished Alvis TA14
- Engine
- Alvis 2993cc, six-cylinder in-line. Wet sump lubrication.
- Exhaust System
- Large-bore straight through stainless steel exhaust system.
- Clutch
- Single dry plate, heavy duty.
- Transmission
- Alvis four speed and reverse. Choice of crown wheel and pinion ratio.
- Suspension
- Upgraded front and rear road springs
- Braking System
- Mechanical front and rear drum brakes.
- Wheels & Tyres
- 18” wire wheels with 18 x 6.00 tyres. Knock on spinners.
- Bodywork
- Aluminium panelled tubular framed body. Full tonneau cover. Leather upholstered driver and passenger bucket seats.