Swiss perfection with the Alvis Graber shoot

In the 1930’s “Carosserie Graber“ of Switzerland became World famous for beautiful convertible and coupé body designs and for perfect craftsmanship.
Until his death in 1970 Hermann Graber designed and built over 800 Coachworks on chassis from Alvis, Aston-Martin, Bentley, Bugatti, Duesenberg, Lagonda, Packard, Rolls-Royce, Rover and others.

Commercial car photographer Tim Wallace spent some time this week with a beautiful example of the 1955 Alvis, a 3 Litre Graber TC 108G and shoot the car for advertising feature for one of our clients.
The Graber bodied model (TC. 108/G) came as something of a surprise to those in the Alvis community when it was first shown at the Paris show of 1955. At that time the future of Alvis cars was a matter of considerable speculation. Few were aware that “Carosserie Hermann Graber“ had been building bodies to special order on the 3 litre chassis for sale to clients on the continent since 1951.

This bespoke model was hailed as one of the most beautiful in existence and arrangements were quickly made for the new Graber designed bodies to be built by renowned Loughborough coach-builders, ‘Willowbrook’.
The car here was the first car to be delivered to a UK customer after It was ordered by a Mr Shulman at the 1955 Motor Show. The car was in fact a present for Mr Shulman’s wife after she fell in love with beautiful Graber design during a visit to the Alvis stand.

In actual fact only sixteen of these gorgeous cars were ever produced, and this combination of rarity and indisputable good looks makes it one of the most sought after Alvis models ever produced.

Morgan – New Brochure and site launched in Europe

This week saw the release and launch of a new brochure as well as comprehensive website updates for our client Beamish Morgan. The brochure is a project that car photographer Tim Wallace has been working closely with our client with the aim not only to present the business to their clients professionally but also to capture some of the passion and enthusiasm of the Morgan brand after the company relocated its operation within the North East and became the first dealership in the UK to sell the much talked about new Morgan 3-wheeler, which has not been in production since the 1930s.

More than 600 orders for the revamped British-made roadster have already been placed by Morgan enthusiasts across the world, meaning that would-be owners could face a four year wait to take delivery of the latest must have motor.

A recent 30 minute test drive was all it took to convince US chat show host Jay Leno that he should add one of the £30,000 two-seaters to his collection of classic vehicles.

Tim already shoots for the Morgan the main manufacturer at their factory home in the hills of Malvern so it was a natural progression to work with Beamish Morgan, a company that have been closely connected to Morgan for many years and also have a heritage in the racing community through Morgan with McDonald Racing.