Arguably the ultimate pre-war Alvis, the 4.3-Litre featured an enlarged six-cylinder engine with overhead valves, turning on seven main bearings and producing 137 horsepower. It was claimed to be the fastest tourer on the British market, being capable of over 100 mph. Typical of the company’s products of this era, it had marvellous slinky, low-slung lines in virtually all of its coach built designs, including those produced by frequent Alvis collaborator Charlesworth of Coventry.

According to correspondence with the Alvis Club, included within the file, chassis number 14824 was bodied as a saloon by Charlesworth and dispatched from the Works on 13 May 1938 to Glasgow agent James H Galt. Its original owner was Alyss Mary Muir of Dalmuir, Scotland. She took delivery that July and must have been both an enthusiast and rather particular, as this was one of two 4.3-Litres she acquired—both Charlesworth-bodied saloons, and only fourteen chassis numbers apart.

The car was next recorded in 1946 with T Marshall Taylor of Glasgow. Its history next picks up in 1966 and is continuously known since, with several owners registering the car with the Alvis Club, including Ben Lenthall. In 1990 the 4.3-Litre was acquired by Jim Boland from Peter Blenk of New York and London, and has now remained in his collection for 35 years. It was refinished in the late-1960s to its present Grampian Grey with light tan leather interior. The Alvis displays the honest patina typical of the automobiles in the Boland stable, while retaining its original chassis, engine, and coachwork. Accompanying the car is a small history file, including the aforementioned Alvis Club documentation and assorted older invoices from prior ownerships.

This is a lovely Alvis, of beautiful lines, sure to impress its next caretaker with its touring performance on the open road.