Fully restored about 25 years ago; restored again in 2014 with various choice upgrades including a fully rebuilt 4.2 flathead V8 with Edelbrock heads; formerly owned by Chris Humberstone; one of only 500 made and perhaps 90 surviving; surely one of the finest examples out there  Founded in Clapham in 1945 by racing driver Sydney Allard, the Allard Motor Company was a low-volume manufacturer that progressed from building trials specials to more rounded fast road cars, though the latter activity was really little more than a means of financing the company's competition program.

Foreshadowing the AC Cobra and the Sunbeam Tiger of the 1960s, Allard's recipe was simple but effective – stick a big American V8 in a strong British chassis with light bodywork and exploit the high power-to-weight ratio to produce a thrilling road or track car.Despite its small size and limited resources, Allard's achievements were legion, Sydney himself finishing 3rd at Le Mans in a J2 sports-racer and winning ...