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24/10/2025 11:49 pm
While at my local British car club meeting recently one of our really big car collectors showed up with this 1960 Alvis TD21 in dark metallic blue. A stunning car.
A bit later, as luck would have it, I came upon a model on the "bay" in the same color even, of a somewhat later 1965 TE21 drophead by Gems & Cobwebs. Just had to add this one to the miniature British collection.
This will look great with my 1955 Alvis Grey Lady by Mikansue. Alvis ultimately rolled into the British Leyland complex and they were well known for military vehicles, tanks and such.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
25/10/2025 6:58 am
What a cool car. I had one of Franklin Mint's Alvis models in 1/24th. But it wasn't a TD 21. Your model is terrific!
25/10/2025 10:46 am
25/10/2025 12:11 pm
Alvis is an often forgot British car despite its luxury, looks and performance. An uncle had one in the 1950s and I was a passenger many times. Nice TD21 and Gems and Cobwebs though later does it justice. I have the Franklin Mint Alvis also which looks very much like my uncle’s car.
25/10/2025 12:52 pm
That 1:1 TD-21 is dropdead gorgeous. I had no idea that Alvis survived by 1960. I guess it disappeared into British Leyland. Now I see it's been resurrected.
27/10/2025 3:17 am
Without any doubt Alvis was one of the grestest British brands of cars. It represents Classic English style and superb quality.
A model by Gems & Cobwebs is very nice and neat. It was introduced in 1994 and was one of the first miniature produced on the new factory in Carnwall. The founders of this workshop- Bernie and Graham du Gros. They made their first models in a collaboration with Brooklin but later started their own range. As I know Gems & Cobwebs stopped production in 2008.
27/10/2025 7:55 am
@fred-eliseeff A friend (fellow model collector) and I attended a Brooklin Models anniversary event in Bath, England in 1994 and during that UK visit we also toured Cornwall. With the introduction of a common friend we stopped in to visit Bernie and Graham DuGros for several hours and found them to be very nice folks. It was the only time I ever met them.
Tony Perrone and Fred Eliseeff reacted
27/10/2025 3:14 pm
@bob-jackman What I found amazing, was this little known mark in the US, was, according to Raffi Minasian, one of Franklin Mint's best sellers at the time.