Our Friday Lady is an Alvis Grey Lady

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Where exactly the Grey Lady moniker comes from, is somewhat shrouded in mystery, but fact is that this car is better known as such than under its official name of Alvis TC21/100. We took a dive in the files and found one source mentioning that Alvis’ own PR department was coming up with the Grey Lady name, while another mentions the press to have dreamt it up.

Fact is that the car was launched during the London Motor Show at Earl’s Court in October 1953, where the Morris Minor Traveller was unveiled too, together with the Standard 8, Ford Popular and Jensen CV-8. Fact is also that the car on display during that show was grey in colour, which surely must have helped.

In its time, the Alvis’ Grey Lady must have been a conservative model. But there were enough Brits who fell for just that, especially in the class where Alvis operated. We would love to learn more about the Grey Lady though. Do you know?

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