Alvis Stalwart 6x6 Off-Road

Alvis Stalwart 6x6 high mobility vehicles off-road at a sand quarry in Staffordshire UK. Filmed mid 1990s.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Alvis
• Stalwart
• 6x6
• amphibious
• high
• mobility
• military
• vehicle
• rolls
• royce
• army
• personnel
• carrier

[MrBooojangles]

Their fuel consumption is measured in gallons per mile! not miles per gallon because I looked into buying one once many years ago. They are good fun though.

[hiluxdaddy]

Your correct - Gallons per mile GPMs.

But count the smiles per mile (SPMs)and they're up there with the best!!

[sherman4970]

love em.just waitin for my lottery win!!

[hiluxdaddy]

Yeh, they're on my 'lottery list' too, somewhere between Unimog U1700 and Tatra 813.

Good luck :)

[pugmanick]

Absolutely fantastic! One of the best sounding machines on earth!

What was the 8x8 that rescued the passengers of the stranded stallie?

[hiluxdaddy]

Music to my ears too. Nearly sounds as nice as a Peterbilt 359 on its jake-brake.

The 8x8 is an Esarco. I don't know much about these but I think only 4 were built. This one had a Rover 3.9 V8 but others had 4cyl Perkins. They have Landrover axles and coils. The front and rear axles steer. Had a bit of a power to weight problem though.

[expatbz]

I used to have 24 of these in my troop back in Bunde Germany, best bit of kit ever. Would love one now:)

[zgierzanin2]

such a junk, Tatra will eat them all the way.

[mjchapman577]

yes fun to drive i used to drive one in the army and know they do not use them now

[VioletMauve]

Good thing the cable didn't snap... or else it would have been, off with their heads !

[60fitzy]

miss those days

[1jilu]

Is this magnificent beast still in use.

-david

[Computerprohelper]

whts the cost, and where r u guys!!

[pierstheoneandonly]

The most 'Thunderbirds' -looking bit of hardware. I owned and ran a Matchbox one. Didn't The Stalwart use a detuned version of the motor from those handsome sports cars Alvis used to built till the mid 60s?

[barbarybar]

If that cable had snapped,those kids would have been cut in half.

[Gruntphuttock]

@pugmanick: hiluxdaddy is right, the 8x8 doing the rescue job was an old ESARCO protype. About ten or so prototypes of these vehicles were built with various cab designs and engines, the final production model, of which only one was built, being a crewcab pick-up with a 4-litre Perkins Phaser and auto transmission. I was involved in the test and development for a while. We also did a smaller 6x6 version, of which six were sold to the Portuguese army. It was an ingenious vehicle.