Patrick Quinn’s feature on the front-wheel-drive Alvis in Vintage Roadcar struck a special chord with me, because his experience parallels my own. I was aware of the Alvis more than 50 years ago, there was a photograph in one of the few books on cars or motor racing stocked by my local library.
There was little else, but I was intrigued because Alvis had become the maker of only vaguely sporting cars. In the late 1950s, there was no way to discover anything about the marque unless you personally knew an Alvis enthusiast. There was no Internet, or marque books, or magazines dedicated to history.
No Subscription? You’re missing out
Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content.
