For Sale: Alvis Stalwart mk 2

[Richard Farrant]

Hi Ed,
I am sure this is the same one that I saw at an event on the coast in Hampshire (UK) and they drove down the beach into the sea aiming for the Isle of Wight. The current was strong and an inshore lifeboat was following them for a while. Eventually we watched them drive up the beach on the island. Later on we spotted it heading back, you could see the black exhaust smoke ............ which suddenly stopped and it was sometime before we saw it moving. Appantly a fuel problem. When they drove up the beach they got stuck on the timber sea defences and a wrecker had to pull them over the timbers. This was somewhere in the very early 1990's.

regards, Richard

[Robin Craig]

Richard,

I have visited Ed's place and Met Mr Ed Landstrom, nice gentleman, and confirm it is the ex Isle of Wight machine and is featured in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdT3DdEvr6w

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Robin Craig

Richard,

I have visited Ed's place and Met Mr Ed Landstrom, nice gentleman, and confirm it is the ex Isle of Wight machine and is featured in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdT3DdEvr6w

Just looked at that video and that was another occasion when it went over to the island. We were at Lepe Country Park for a MV event, just where the PLUTO pipelines go down the beach.

[Robin Craig]

Well it was a better video that the other posted by Ed himself, so it better represents the vehicle being sold.

[Ed Landstrom]

Thanks for the link. I had heard that the video existed, but it didn't come up when I searched.