Topic: Solved NIC#1316 - Charnock Alvis Special

[nicanary]

My puzzles are easy. I'll start them in the Rookies.

What's this car ?

[nicanary]

Experts?

[FrontMan]

Bugatti Type  57 ?

[nicanary]

Bugatti Type  57 ?

Not a Bugatti.

[richard fridd]

French?

[nicanary]

French?

No.

[richard fridd]

UK?

[nicanary]

UK?

Yes.

[D-type]

Any Bentley connection?

[nicanary]

Any Bentley connection?

No.

[D-type]

Pre-WW2?

[nicanary]

Pre-WW2?

Built post=war from pre-war car.

[FrontMan]

Alvis Speed 20 base?

[nicanary]

Alvis Speed 20 base?

Part of the chassis was from an Alvis Speed 20.

[FrontMan]

...with A.C. 16/80 engine ?

[nicanary]

...with A.C. 16/80 engine ?

No.

[nicanary]

Pros ?

[Allan L]

That's what we knew as the Chevell Alvis when Tony Charnock owned/raced it in the '60s.
I seem to remember it had a Speed 20 chassis with the back end turned upside-down and reattached and Talbot quarter-elliptic springs added. It had a 4.3 Alvis engine, from a run that was converted to dry sump for military use.

[nicanary]

That's what we knew as the Chevell Alvis when Tony Charnock owned/raced it in the '60s.
I seem to remember it had a Speed 20 chassis with the back end turned upside-down and reattached and Talbot quarter-elliptic springs added. It had a 4.3 Alvis engine, from a run that was converted to dry sump for military use.

Excellent and complete response. Usually referred to as the Charnock Alvis but actually designed and built by Basil Chevell circa 1949. Owned by Tony Charnock for many years until he bouight a Cobra to replace it. Now in Germany.

[Allan L]

I last met Tony Charnock at Angouleme in 1986 (I think) when we were both spectating at the Circuit des Remparts. He was still a VSCC Member when their last list was issued in 2013.