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                                                         condition
                                                                     of
                                                                          the
                         o B                             Alvis  when  it  was
          e Road t                                       Damon     that   2017.
                                                                            JD
                                                                     to
                                                         brought
                                                                   in
                                                         Notice
                                                                          the
                                                         original  upholstery
      Th                                                 was  still  intact  and
                                                         in  a  very   50s  color
                                                         combination        of
                                                         white and red.
















        Above:     The    Alvis    was   originally
        purchased  in  1968   from  the  owner  in
                                                                  Below: The Alvis in pieces  heads out from JD's British
        Essex,  England.  by  Bob  Chipkevich's
                                                                  Cars to the paint shop.
        father, who was serving in the American
        armed  forces  in  England  at  the  time.
        This  is  how  the  car  looked  then.   When
        he  retired  in  the  1980s,  he  set  about
        restoring the car  but did not  complete
        the  job  before  his  passing,  leaving  the
        project to his son to  complete.
















                                                                              Left : Put back  to  glorious condition,
                                                                              this is how the Alvis appeared on the
                                                                              day in 2021 when JD returned this
                                                                              legacy car to its owner.


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