Trophies...

The latest from Bill Bauder...

"Well the Bitch did it again, we won our class as well as Best Sports Car, two trophies and ribbons. This time we made the Tour of about 75 miles without any trouble except maybe ruining Ginger's back when we hit a few bumps. Good thing she had on her safety belt. This was the inaugural event and was done by the people who started the Medowbrook show and headed up by Lolly Bezy who did a bang up job. We trailered over on Thursday and returned home on Monday and had a great time meeting old friends and making new friends. Every one liked the Allard, the Bitch that is, and she preformed flawlessly except when I forgot to turn on the fuel pump switch." ---Cheers, Bill

Congrats Bill and thanks for keeping the Allard flag flying!

Gulfpride H.D.

"Flying airplanes taught me a lot about motors and motor oils," writes Fred Warner of Detroit, Mich. "So when I bought this new Cadillac-Allard J2X - for both road race competition and ordinary day-to-day driving - I naturally chose Gulfpride H.D. for the finest all-around protection."

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!

Cartoons

From the October 1957 issue of Sports Cars Illustrated magazine.

What the!?

Our friend Ralph from www.psychoontyres.blogspot.com sent us these photos the other day of this amazing Allard J2 styled track day special. The photos were taken at a Mallory Park test day this past week. Unfortunately Ralph wasn't able to speak to the owner so we don't know if the car started life as an Allard or if the owner just wanted something different. Either way, we like it and we bet Sydney would have loved it! The car features a big-block Chevy engine, tube frame chassis, and doubel A-arm front suspension. Ralph said tells us the car is fast and the engine sounds like heaven.

If you know anything about this car, please contact us!

Update on Friday, August 19, 2011 at 10:17PM by Colin

From Mike Knapman...

"It is based on a Kougar chassis. Fitted with a dynoed 600 hp 427 Chevy engine for Sports Racing and GT class races. Geared for 160 mph.
The owner visited our (AOC) stand at Silverstone in 2010 and was so impressed by the J2 he saw on display he decided that was the style he wanted his bodywork to be.  He oviously went away and made it."

To learn more about Kougar's, click here to visit their web site:

Old Magazine Covers, Part 8

This issue of "Car Collector and Car Classics" magazine was published in January of 1984 and features two stories on Allards. The first story is about the J2X, using photos of the cover car. The second story is about the Palm Beach MkI, but unfortunately all of their photos are of a K3! To the untrained eye, it's an easy mistake to make, but an error like that shouldn't have made it past the Editors desk.

MYSTERY CAR: If you, or you know who owns this J2X, please click here to email us! 

Another J2X, Back on the Road!

Alan Beall has owned J2X 3062 since 1969 and has had the car "restored" twice before, but "not professionally.”

She is Cadillac powered with a 331 engine, Edelbrock intake, 6 Stromberg ‘97’ carbs, increased compression, ported heads, Schneider Cam. The engine will be dyno’d soon.

Trans is Lincoln Zephyr and all the running gear is original (except the engine) and all the original body panels were restored. J2X 3062 features (2) spare wheel carriers, (chrome wires wheels are on the way) and the fuel tank has dual fillers. The original gauges were missing, but it came with Stewart Warner gauges from the early 60's.

Alan entrusted the restoration of 3062 to Steve Dennish of Lime Works Speed Shop in Whittier, CA. Steve picked up the car from Alan in Hawaii of December 2009 and loaded the stripped car into a container. The restoration started in February, 2010 and she was ready for the LA Roadster Show by June, 2011. As you can see, the car still needs a few finishing touches, but everything should be wrapped up soon.

Alan is hoping to race the car, but now that it looks so good…he’s not so sure! You can read about 3062’s restoration on the H.A.M.B. , by clicking here.

The Greatest Allard Cutaway

Special thanks to Automobile Quarterly (www.autoquarterly.com for allowing us to use this amazing cutaway drawing of an Allard J2X by the amazing artist Yoshihiro Inomoto. Click here to open the hi-res version.

Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance – 2011

 

By Chuck Warnes

Allard, Kurtis and Duesenberg were honored as featured marques for the 16th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.

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Allards @ Amelia Island - The Photo Galleries

Click here or the photo above to view our five photo galleries from the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance on March 11 in Florida. Enjoy!

Cheers,
Colin Warnes