1934 ALVIS SPEED 20SB

After months of work on the rotten frame, the owners have picked up their Alvis Speed 20 SB today.  The car looks stunning and they are very pleased with it.

Stripped back to find the horrors
underneath the metal skin

New parts of the frame going into position

Ready to go to the body/paint shop

All finished

ALVIS SPEED 20 SB

We are continuing with the ash-frame restoration on the Alvis.  We had hoped not to have to remove the rear body skin, but on closer inspection the frame was found to be so bad that we felt it was the only way to be sure of getting rid of all the decaying wood/woodworm.  We have braced what is left of the frame so that reconstruction can take place.



Front scuttle with new timbers in place




N/S rear corner




O/S rear body - note NO fixings so no structure




Previous 'repairs' to O/S rear C-post




O/S rear main structure showing advanced rot




Close up of O/S rear main structure (as above)




Work in progress - note extra braces to
support the body



ALVIS SPEED 20SB

We are back after our Christmas break and now really stuck into the ash frame restoration work on the 1934 Alvis Speed 20 SB.

Ian and Roy have finished taking the doors, front wings, running boards and skins off the car and assessed the true condition of the ash frame which is extremely poor.  Thankfully the owners have not been involved in an accident since there wasn't a great deal of structure left.

Reproduction of the frame sections has started as you will see from the photos below



Doors and front wings stripped
getting ready to remove front scuttle




Previous repair attempt just hanging in mid-air
and not attached to anything




Bulkhead/firewall frame in extremely poor condition




N/S A-post
Previous repair attempts with no structure




Fire damage uncovered caused by welding work on the scuttle skin
and woodworm activity clearly visible




Old (Right) and new windscreen bottom rail




Trial fitting new sections



1934 ALVIS SPEED 20 SB

We are in the process of carrying out repairs to the ash frame on an Alvis Speed 20SB and have just chosen and collected the lenghts of ash before Ian starts work on reproducing parts of the frame.

Some of the ash ready for cutting and shaping