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Historic front wheel drive Alvis race car is revived after years in a scrapyard…

13th April 2023

Innovative front wheel drive Grand Prix race car resurrected after being left to rot in a scrapyard... Alvis tells us: The Alvis Grand Prix car, one of the first of its kind to use front wheel drive, has been extensively restored 96 years after a retirement at Brooklands curtailed the factory effort. Abandoned in a Warwickshire scrapyard after its race career ended, the sole … [Read more...]

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