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Allard Motor Co.
legal form
founding 1981
resolution 1981
Seat Mississauga , Canada
Branch Automobiles

Allard J2 X2
Side view

Allard Motor Co. was a Canadian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was based in Mississauga and was associated with AHA Manufacturing Co. Ltd. , which made body shells and stretch limousines . In 1981 the production of automobiles and kit cars began . The brand name was Allard . Alan Allard, son of Allard founder Sydney Allard , sold the vehicles in Europe . Production ended in the same year, according to a source. Another source gives no year of dissolution.

vehicles

The only model J2 X2 was a replica of the Allard J2X . Initially, a V8 from Chrysler with a displacement of 5200 cc and a turbocharger powered the vehicles. Later V8 engines from Ford with 4948 cc and 177  hp were used. The open body consisted of either fiberglass or aluminum .

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Allard (III).
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 35. (English)