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细节
1932 ALVIS 12/60 'BEETLEBACK' THREE SEATER
Formerly UK Registered VU 7675
Chassis No. 3975191131
Green with black leather interior
Engine: four cylinder, overhead valve, 1,645cc; Gearbox: four speed manual; Suspension: front and rear, semi-elliptic leaf springs; Brakes: four wheel cable operated drum. Right hand drive.
Under Chief Engineer G.T. Smith-Clarke, Alvis built an early reputation for lively and well-made cars. Typical was the 12/50, which won the Junior Car Club's 200 miles Brooklands race on its first outing in 1925. Front wheel drive racing experiments led in 1928 to an intriguing FWD sports model that was too advanced for contemporary tastes and nearly ruined the firm.
Despite its trusty reputation, the 12/50 briefly went out of production in 1931, but was hurriedly re-instated during the growing economic Depression. It was at this time that the company added a 75mph 12/60 version with twin SU carburetors as well as the new Speed 20 model. In all, some 229 12/60 examples were supplied between 1931 and 1932.
For both the 12/50 and 12/60 models, Alvis mainstay coachbuilders, 'Carbodies' offered an updated version of their popular 1923 three seater 'Duck's back' design in the early 1930s. The later version of the three seater was very much of period style, with the chassis valanced to lower it and enhance its sporting appearance; this was designated as the 'Beetleback'.
The Alvis offered here would have been supplied new in the UK in the Borough of Manchester County Council, though its history is not known until it was acquired by the Tunick Collection in the mid-1960s.
Today, the car appears well-used and original, but also quite complete in major respects, including the frame of the top; consequently it represents a sound basis for sympathetic restoration.
Formerly UK Registered VU 7675
Chassis No. 3975191131
Green with black leather interior
Engine: four cylinder, overhead valve, 1,645cc; Gearbox: four speed manual; Suspension: front and rear, semi-elliptic leaf springs; Brakes: four wheel cable operated drum. Right hand drive.
Under Chief Engineer G.T. Smith-Clarke, Alvis built an early reputation for lively and well-made cars. Typical was the 12/50, which won the Junior Car Club's 200 miles Brooklands race on its first outing in 1925. Front wheel drive racing experiments led in 1928 to an intriguing FWD sports model that was too advanced for contemporary tastes and nearly ruined the firm.
Despite its trusty reputation, the 12/50 briefly went out of production in 1931, but was hurriedly re-instated during the growing economic Depression. It was at this time that the company added a 75mph 12/60 version with twin SU carburetors as well as the new Speed 20 model. In all, some 229 12/60 examples were supplied between 1931 and 1932.
For both the 12/50 and 12/60 models, Alvis mainstay coachbuilders, 'Carbodies' offered an updated version of their popular 1923 three seater 'Duck's back' design in the early 1930s. The later version of the three seater was very much of period style, with the chassis valanced to lower it and enhance its sporting appearance; this was designated as the 'Beetleback'.
The Alvis offered here would have been supplied new in the UK in the Borough of Manchester County Council, though its history is not known until it was acquired by the Tunick Collection in the mid-1960s.
Today, the car appears well-used and original, but also quite complete in major respects, including the frame of the top; consequently it represents a sound basis for sympathetic restoration.