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| Allard K1 1947 |
Allard, much like Ferrari and Porsche, began as a phenomenon of the Automotive Renaissance - those exciting, innocent years immediately following World War II. All three marques were race-bred lines fostered by charismatic genius, and all three earned immediate respect on the road as well as on the track. If ever a motor manufacture was an enthusiast, it was Britain's Sydney Allard. By 1929 he was racing a three-wheeled Morgan at Brooklands. But while Ferrari and Porsche pursued engineering and aesthetic finesse approaching artwork, Sydney Allard's approach was the antithesis. His cars were pure utilitarian machines - crude
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| Allard K1 1947 |
products of a single-minded effort to harness brute torque and horsepower and most effectively apply it to the road. Based from his family's garage, before World War II, he graduated to racing flathead Fords and then to building specials powered by both Ford V-' and Lincoln V-12's. Postwar, the Allard Motor Company turned out a variety of sports and racing cars. Again, Ford and Mercury Flathead V-8's were the order of the day with his post-war line-up consisted of the K1 two-seat sports car, the J1 two-seat competition car, L four-seat touring car and M four-place drophead. In all cases, the V8 engine was mounted to a Ford three-speed manual transmission with a remote shifter, torque tube drive shaft and a British Ford solid rear axle. Front suspension was of the 'Bellamy' pattern, i.e. a Ford solid front axle modified into a swing axle independent suspension.
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