Allard
Famous prewar for his V8 engined Trials specials and later the successful Steyr engined hill climb car, Sydney Allard offered a wide range of cars from 1946, initially with the V8 Ford engine built at Dagenham. These were cars with lusty performance for those bleak rationed post war days, and the sales were hampered only by the number of cars they could produce! The model J was the sports 2 seater, K the 2 seater tourer, L the 4 seater, M the drophead coupe and P type was the saloon model. Sales to the USA were healthy and contributed to the UK's much needed foreign currency, while these cars were usually sent out to the USA without engines, where the Cadillac was often the engine of choice. By 1956 the cars had become a little dated while the British produced Ford V8 engine was no longer in production. Also the expensive chassis tooling for the side rails that Allard had been making use of was in need of replacement at Rubery Owen, the cost of which was prohibitive. So a new tube design of chassis was designed by Dudley Hume that was built in house for the Palm Beach, now using the 4 cylinder Consul and 6 cylinder Zephyr engines, and later still the Jaguar engine was also used. Allard ceased car production in 1960 and began building modified versions of the Anglia which they marketed as the Allardette.
