Two rare vintage cars.
Aug 17, 2017 08:36:35 #
Aug 17, 2017 08:57:05 #
I believe the silver one is a J2X. Maybe just a J2. Very low production but very successful on the track and won the Monte Carlo Rally. Great cars. Fantastic pictures.
Aug 17, 2017 10:20:36 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Very nice. Allards had that distinctive grill.
Thank you very much Jerry.
Aug 17, 2017 10:22:09 #
Ol' Frank wrote:
I would like to see the silver one pass me at night on a country road just to see all those lights. Beautiful cars and very nice shots. I do remember Allards back in 1951 when I was trying to decide to be a newspaper reporter or not.
Thank you very much, I wonder if they still can be driven today with the smog restrictions?
Aug 17, 2017 10:22:35 #
Aug 17, 2017 10:24:17 #
limey wrote:
I believe the silver one is a J2X. Maybe just a J2. Very low production but very successful on the track and won the Monte Carlo Rally. Great cars. Fantastic pictures.
Thank you very much, the silver one is a beauty in my eyes and so well kept.
Aug 17, 2017 11:50:44 #
Allards were pretty competitive on the race track back then too. I recall they had big, powerful Cadillac engines. Photos often showed them racing with the Jaguars and Porsches of the day.
Aug 17, 2017 12:42:29 #
Aug 17, 2017 15:30:10 #
Great job on the photos. The Allards were powered by a number of different engines based upon the client's pleasure or the depth of his pockets. I think that most did receive OHV Cadillac v-8 engines, but some were powered by Flathead Ford V-8's and I believe that a few may have been built with the Olds Rocket V-8 of the day.
Aug 17, 2017 15:38:16 #
Aug 17, 2017 16:33:54 #
Sidney Allard also built a sedan - the P2. never sold well. allard Cars is still making the J2 and J2X. expensive.
Aug 17, 2017 18:55:56 #
blacks2 wrote:
I agree, not like today's cars, they have no character.
I agree! These are gorgeous shots, Mike!
Aug 17, 2017 19:31:15 #
Wow! Those are really cool cars! My husband just said that the silver one looks like something from the movie, "The Great Race".
Aug 17, 2017 20:38:45 #
I've never heard of an Allard but they certainly are designed to be noticed. I certainly wouldn't refuse one if offered to me. Their "noses" are so long, not sure I could steer it around a corner! Handsome shots, Mike!
Aug 18, 2017 07:40:08 #
blacks2 wrote:
Saw these are the car show "Allard" named after a fellow hugger with the same namesake. Dennis, ever seen the second one?
beautiful shots of the allards, especially the red one. i'd love to drive it up and down our dirt road...
the neighbors would have to be impressed! lol.
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