Allard V8

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V8
Production period:	1937-1939
Class :	Sports cars , racing cars
Body versions :	Roadster
Engines:	Otto engine : 3.6 liters (62.5 kW)
Length:	3810 mm
Width:	1575 mm
Height:
Wheelbase :	2540 mm
Empty weight :	1067 kg
successor	Allard J1

The Allard V8 is an open sports car manufactured by the British Allard Motor Company Ltd. built from 1937 and which could also be used in motorsport . These were the manufacturer's first cars, which were not produced in series, but only on customer request.

The car was equipped with the side-steered V8 engine of the Ford V8 model 01A / 02A , which was also built in Great Britain. It had a displacement of 3622 cm³ (bore × stroke = 77.79 mm × 95.26 mm) and made 85 bhp (62.5 kW) with a compression of 6.1: 1 and 3800 rpm. The cars reached a top speed of 152 km / h.

The front wheels were individually suspended from a transverse leaf spring. The driven rear rigid axle was also attached to a transverse leaf spring. The wheelbase was 2540 mm, the front and rear track 1422 mm.

Together with the more powerfully powered sister model V12 , which was offered from 1938, twelve units were built by 1939, including nine with the V8 engine. Versions ranging from the lightened “Special” for trial / off -road sport to the elegant four-seater sports tourer were available. Allard obtained the superstructures for this series from the external bodybuilders Whittingham & Mitchel , Coachcraft and Ranalah .

In 1939 production was stopped due to the war . From 1946 a successor was built with the J1 , this time in series.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 , pp. 31-32
2. ↑ GN 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 , p. 21 (English)