1951 Riley RMB exchange Alvis only

This is a really nice example I bought first in 2000 from Andrew Booth at Orchid Cars. It has had a great amount of money spent on it by me but at 62, I am thinking about the cars I haven't owned but might still like to try. The market is very poor at present and I have no real reason to sell other than that there are one or two cars I haven't owned and I would possibly like to do so before I am too old to properly enjoy them, or simply that I am no longer here !
Cards on the table. I have at least one example of each Wilks Rover from 1934 to 1947 and I also have probably the biggest collection of 1930s Lanchesters and Daimlers in one place all running. I also have an RMA, an MGB and a Morris convertible, as well as the RMB. Over the years I've run most pre war Austins and Rileys, also MGs. Cars I am not short of -but- What I haven't owned is an Alvis.
If you have a 12/ 70 Mulliner saloon, or a 12/ 50 two seater Cross and Ellis bodied tourer, or a really nice Mulliner TA14 and you fancy a Riley RMB, let's talk. I'm looking for something in similar condition to my Riley but of course not all three Alvises have the same value so there's a bit of flexibility about the condition depending on the model. No re-registered cars though please. I used to part exchange 30 years ago with a dealer in Kenilworth quite a bit but in recent years the whole business has moved to selling rather than exchanging but right now, there basically is no market. The cash prices most people want are too high and the bids on auctions are too low. There are now few dealers who own their stock, only brokers and of course they're not fussy whether a car sells until they have a bill to pay.
I've decided that I'm not going to sell this for cash simply because if the first question is 'How little will you take for it?', it's the wrong question because you will end up buying the cheapest car but not necessarily the best car for your money.
This Riley has had most mechanical things that wear replaced, it's been expertly well painted and the interior is largely original. I have been doing minimal mileages with it these past 10 years and it comes with a lot of new and used spares. I'm not expecting anything to happen suddenly, if at all, but if you have the spark of an interest, do get in touch. I've always been an older car enthusiast and it's never been about the money so only please make contact about a possible deal if you have an Alvis to exchange in some manner. I'm in the South West of Scotland which isn't as far from some places as you might think. It's 35 miles from Carlisle so not another 300 miles up North. As I write this, we have no power after the storm 80 hours later. I have two generators going and an inverter off a battery powering the Internet and phone. Don't expect an immediate reply as we have no expectations of a quick fix to the broken power line we can see, but I will get back to you when I can. The photos were all taken in the Autumn 2024 and the mileage is 95000.
Even if you don't have what I'm looking for but you know someone who may have, please do let them know of my suggestion!My father had an RMB a year old, just out of the covenant, so that would probably be a 47 one in 1948. He told me he had it up to 92 mph but was running out of road and the brakes didn't quite match the speed of the car. 78 years later, nothing much has changed. I've had this car to an indicated 80 mph and great fun it was too. Thirty years ago I had umpteen places to go but now I have a happy place to live in and 10-20 miles constitutes a decent journey. This car had a new roof about 1961 along with a rebore, regrind and new pistons. It was then left in a garage to be looked after while it's owner was abroad. Nearly 40 years later, the owner decided he wasn't returning to the UK and that's how the car came to me.
In my 30s I had several Rileys including a proper Falcon and an Adelphi plus others. I wouldn't have minded another 12/ 4 Adelphi but nice ones seem to have disappeared. Around 2000, RMBs were hard to find and this was something I had to have and I reverse p/ exd a 1954 MG TF for it, the Riley being highly original and not terribly modified like some you see. I thought I was really fortunate to find such an unmolested example and it has remained so 25 years later. The only thing substantially different is the paintwork because it was originally metallichrome green but reproducing that correctly is just about impossible and I like this sort of colour scheme so there we are. There's a good selection of appropriate spares, there are two brand new Blockleys on the back and a pair of Michelin Engleberts on the front. Stainless exhaust, new RM club pushrods and steering wheel, along with most steering/ braking/ suspension wearing parts. New clutch within the last 500 miles.