Allard

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Allard is a former British car manufacturer based in the London borough of Clapham . It was founded in 1946 by Sydney Allard as "Allard Motor Company Ltd." founded and existed until 1966. Successor companies reactivated the brand several times in the following period.

Automobile and company history

Production began as early as 1936 with the "Special" model in very small numbers. American V8 engines were built into other racing one-offs. After the end of World War II , Allard took over the premises of the body manufacturer Southern Motor Company in Clapham. The racing roadster J.1 was presented in 1946. This was followed by the more comfortable K.1 and later the four-seater L and M. All vehicles were equipped with the 3622 cm³ V8 engine from Ford. In 1949 the 5/6-seater P-Saloon was added and in 1950 the J.2 with De Dion rear axle and V8 engine from Mercury, Cadillac or Chrysler. From 1952 there was the P.2 Estate Car Safari and the smaller Palm Beach model series. Possible engines were:

  • 2267 cc engine from the Ford Zephyr (six-cylinder engine)
  • 1508 cc engine from the Ford Consul
  • 3442 cm³ engine from Jaguar (this one later, for the Palm Beach II)

At the other end of the market was the Allard Clipper , a three-wheeled microcar with a plastic body that was powered by a 350 cc motorcycle engine. Only a pilot series of 20 copies was made of the Clipper; serial production did not materialize.

At the end of the 1950s, the market for custom-made special vehicles decreased so much that the company had to cease its activities in the early 1960s. Most of the Allard built in 1830 went to the USA. There were brand restart attempts in 1981 and 1991, but unsuccessful.

The bodies of the pre-war vehicles came from the body builders Coachcraft , Ranalah and Whittingham & Mitchel , those of the first post-war years from Whittingham & Mitchel and Paramount Sheet Metal .

As a further production facility, Allard Motor Co Ltd. Whittingham & Mitchel's manufacturing facilities at 126 New King's Road, Fulham , SW 6 London, when the coachbuilder moved to Surrey in the early post-war years .

Between 1937 and September 1939, 12 Allard vehicles were built, only seven in 1946 and 173 in 1947. In the following four years 432, 265 and 305 or 337 automobiles were produced, in 1952 and 1953 only 132 and 123 vehicles, respectively, and then only 44 in total In the British market, Allard suffered most from the Jaguar XK 120 presented in 1948 , which shifted the export quota from seven percent in 1949 to 97 percent in 1953.

Allard Motor Works from Montreal, Canada, has been using the same brand name for individually designed sports vehicles since the late 1990s .

Models

The first post-war models were designated with letters. J meant two-seat sports car, K two-seat touring car, L four-seat touring car, M convertible and P sedan.

Type Construction period Cylinder / valve control Displacement power image
V8 1937-1939 8 / sv 3622 cc 85 bhp (62.5 kW)
V12 1938-1939 12 / sv 4379 cm³ 112 bhp (82 kW)
J1 (3.6) 1946-1947 8 / sv 3622 cc 85 bhp (62.5 kW) Allard J1
J1 (3.9) 1946-1947 8 / sv 3917 cc 100 bhp (74 kW)
J2 1949-1954 8 / ohv 3917 cc 140 bhp (103 kW) Allard J2
J2X 1951-1954 8 / ohv 4375 cc 150 bhp (110 kW) Allard J2X
J2R 1956 8 / ohv 5424 cc 270 bhp (199 kW)
K1 1946-1950 8 / sv 3622 cc 95 bhp (70 kW) Allard K1
K2 1950-1953 8 / sv 3917 cc 100 bhp (74 kW) Allard K2
K3 1952-1956 8 / sv 3622 cc 95 bhp (70 kW) Allard K3
L. 1946-1950 8 / sv 3622 cc 85 bhp (62.5 kW) Allard L
M. 1947-1950 8 / sv 3622 cc 85 bhp (62.5 kW) Allard M
M2 1951 8 / sv 3622 cc 85 bhp (62.5 kW)
M2X 1951-1952 8 / sv 3622 cc 85 bhp (62.5 kW)
P1 1949-1952 8 / sv 3622 cc 85 bhp (62.5 kW) Allard P1
P2 1952-1956 8 / sv 3622 cc 85 bhp (62.5 kW) Allard P2
safari 1952 8 / sv 3622 cc 85 bhp (62.5 kW) Allard Safari
21C Palm Beach 1952-1956 4 / ohv 1508 cc 47 bhp (35 kW) Allard 21C Palm Beach
21Z Palm Beach 1952-1956 6 / ohv 2262 cc 68 bhp (50 kW) Allard 21Z Palm Beach
72Z Palm Beach 1956-1960 6 / ohv 2553 cc 90 bhp (66 kW) Allard 72Z Palm Beach
72XK Palm Beach 1956-1960 6 / dohc 3442 cc 190 bhp (140 kW)
Gran Turismo 1957-1960 6 / dohc 3442 cc 210 bhp (154 kW)

Sporting successes

Allard P: Winner car of the 1952 Monte Carlo Rally at the Essen Motor Show 2011

In 1947 there were first victories in hill climbs and in the Lisbon rally. Revised, the model came into racing as the J2X in 1952. Among other things, Allard competed several times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . Sydney Allard won the Monte Carlo Rally with a P.1 in 1952 . Sydney Allard later succeeded in acquiring some 5.4 liter Cadillac engines, which accelerated the car with 160 hp to 210 km / h.

photos

  • Singer , Allard K2 and Morgan (from left to right)

  • The cockpit

  • Front view

  • Rear view

  • Failed microcar project: Allard Clipper

Web links

Commons : Allard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • British Sportscars - Tandem Verlag
  • Jonathan Wood: Sports car fascination and adventure. Parragon Books, Bath 2006, ISBN 1-40547-904-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Automobilrevue No. 39, September 29, 2010
  2. ↑ a b c G. N. Georgano, in: Nick Baldwin et al., The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers , Facts on File Publications, New York, United States / Oxford, United Kingdom, 1987, ISBN 0-8160-1844-8 , page 21 ( English)
  3. ↑ Nick Walker, A – Z British Coachbuilders: 1919–1960 , Herridge & Sons Limited, Shebbear, Devon, United Kingdom, ISBN 978-0-9549981-6-5 , page 188 (English)
  4. ^ David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997. ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . Pp. 31-32.