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Wednesday
Feb292012

News from the show circuit...

Hi - our Allard was awarded a big prize at the Boca Raton Concours in Boca Raton FL yesterday: the 'Spirit of the Road' trophy. It was a judges' award for the car that they most liked to take 'on the road'! See attached photos. This was a big prize as it could have been awarded to any car on the field of about 200 or so cars. Next, on to the Amelia Island Concours on March 10 and 11.

-Martin

Tuesday
Feb212012

Allard Dragster Restoration News...

Click here or the photo above to view the latest Allard Dragster restoration newsletter...they're making good progress!

Tuesday
Jan312012

Allard J2X Trophies at the Grand National Roadster Show

 

Congrats to Alan Beall, owner of J2X 3062 and restorer (hot rodder) Steve Dennish for winning 2nd place in the Foreign Sports Car division. Cheers!

Monday
Jan302012

Allard to be Featured on Velocity Channel

If you have the Velocity HD channel, you’re probably aware that they have a number of nice car shows including Chasing Classic Cars, Autoweek, and American Icon. In addition to these interesting shows, they also have a short feature called “One of a Kind” where they feature interesting and rare cars. On February 7 at 8:00pm, they’ll debut a new episode featuring David Hans' unique, full fendered Allard J2. The car, chassis 1733 was a test bed for the Murray Body Company. The body proved quite attractive, but production obviously never took off. You can watch Velocity for the short, or you can click here to view the clip online after it’s posted.

Sunday
Nov132011

Report: Gathering the Clan, Texas 2011

-Words: Chuck Warnes         -Photos: Bob Weiner

Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing held their 20th Annual Vintage Fall Festival the weekend of November 4 – 6. Their gracious invitation to the Allard folks presented the second opportunity in the past eight years for us to enjoy their laid-back hospitality and company at the historic Texas World Speedway.

TWS is located just outside of the twin communities of Bryan/College Station TX, and dates back to its NASCAR origins of the ‘60’s. It began as a steeply banked two-mile oval, and over the years has evolved into a three-mile, fifteen-turn road course that continues to use about half of the original oval.

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Sunday
Nov132011

Allard Owners Club News!

Congrats to the AOC! They've just completely revamped their web site and it looks great. Go to http://www.allardownersclub.org/wordpress/ to check it out!

Friday
Sep302011

The Allard Register Census

 

It’s been several years since we attempted to take a census of our membership. In addition to reporting on all things Allard, the Allard Register maintains an extensive database of all Allard's produced; along with a mailing list of our membership. These lists get out of date over time as cars change hands and people move. We hope that you will help us by updating your information. Please complete this form and send it back to us via email or regular mail. Click here to download the Word DOC version. Click here to download the Acrobat PDF version.

Monday
Jun202011

Allard K1 #156

Our friends over at "Gettin' a lil' Psycho on Tyres" have posted their third Allard post in as many weeks. Click here or the photo above to view their post on the K1 #156 that's at the Haynes International Motor Museum in Somerset, UK. This particular car was raced in the 1947 Alpine Rally by Len Potter to 5th in class, or 17th overall. It was part of a three car team, consisting of Goff Imhoff and Maurice Wick who failed to finish. The cars were apparently painted red, white, and blue...think of it as a precursor to the Italian Job.

Tuesday
May242011

It Fits!

 

Chris Eames, Syd McDonald, Andy Robinson, me and John Hunt. The guy at the back is a Beaulieu ghost. Bob Roberts took the photo which is why he is not in the team pic. (source; Bob Roberts)

May 10th marked another important date in the restoration of the Allard Chrysler dragster – a full inspection of the rolling chassis (qualifying condition and identifying part numbers) and the fitting of the Booth-Arons recreated engine into the chassis. There had been worries about the spacers used on the rocker covers and inlet manifold creating fitting problems but these proved to be unfounded. We had to remove the injection unit and the blow-off valve to shoehorn it in, but once manhandled through the frame the engine fitted like a glove.

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Wednesday
May182011

Allard Register, Issue #57

Click here or the image above to download the latest issue of the Allard Register. Enjoy!