Description
Due to the very unstable market and the need to sell , I have once again reduced the price and I will bring the car to the UK to your destination, with the proviso that it is within a reasonable distance from the South East, all included, nothing further to pay.
The specification is as follows; ZF manual with wires, power steering , 1967 one of the last. I bought it from Chris Prince more than two years ago with a view to completing it, but the bodyshop here has been very slow and now I have had a change of heart. With so few TFs around and some of those that we have assessed previously are marginal by any criteria, it is almost a perfect car to restore, without surprises. Very unmolested, needing repairs in the usual places, all external bodywork, but it is not a difficult or complicated restoration which is why I bought it. Please do not confuse it with many others out there. Virtually all the interior would go again. I think Chris had it running a few years ago but it has not run since. The Dunlop brakes will need attention but that is not difficult nor expensive, I can tell you how to buy the piston and cylinder assemblies at reasonable prices or an upgrade if that is what is preferred.
The body restoration has been started, the areas with a small amount of rust have been cut away awaiting new metal. The guys here thought is would be relatively straight forward and I am inclined to agree withem. The pictures do not do it justice, I went to Barcelona at the end of last year and spent several hours going through everything in great detail. Apart from a very small rust hole on one of the inner panels, there is no rust underneath at all. It will require sills and the work around the headlamps will need to be done a bit better, but my bodyman here did not see that as a problem. Apart from that it is a question of using new metal to replace the areas cut away and one or two others on the lower wings, but really not much. It is such a genuine car in this regard. I went to Barcelona again recently, I always felt that the photographs never gave the right impression of the car, so I have take some more and we have given it a bit of a clean as well!
With its three carburetters and power steering along with a later ZF five speed box, the TF is, in my view, the model to buy if you are looking for a post war Alvis. they are rare and desirable and incredibly undervalued compared to what else is out there. Are they really only worth 10% of an Aston or half the price of an AC Greyhound?? Surely that cannot be right??
There are various new parts included , rubber seals etc. and a head gasket set.
The car is complete, RHD and still registered in the UK. There is a large history file
I have been informed that the value of the ZF5-20 gearbox alone is worth nearly the asking price, (if you could ever find one!),
i have owned other Alvis models before and regard them very highly.
