10-24-2008, 07:56 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Ellington,
CT
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadster 351W, T5, Red & White
Posts: 3,478
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Allard J2
Was the Allard the first English car to use an American engine, Ford flathead V-8, Lincoln Zephyr V-12, Cadillac OHV V-8 ?
" Sydney J. Allard was an Englishman who built his first car to enter in the uniquely British form of motorsport called "trials" in the two years just before the World War II. Trials? Think hill climb meets Jeeper's Jamboree on often-muddy forest trails. Allard's affection for things American led him to use the Ford flathead V8 and even Lincoln Zephyr V12 for power in his homebuilt specials, and he saw enough success that others asked him to build cars for them. "
" Allard formed his company in 1946...."
" Allard favored off the shelf Detroit V-8s "
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