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£54,880

1947 Allard K1 Roadster

United Kingdom • 9 Mar 2013 • Lot 231

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AI Listing Summary

This 1947 Allard K1, one of 151 built, has a fascinating history, including abandonment and subsequent restoration. The current owner, driven by a quest for quality, has enhanced it with mechanical upgrades like aluminum Offenhauser heads, a ¾ race cam, and a dynamically balanced engine, ensuring top-tier performance and meticulous attention to detail.

Condition

9

The car underwent a meticulous restoration, addressing every mechanical and electrical component. The exterior features lustrous green coachwork and a matching green leather interior. The attention to detail in the restoration and mechanical enhancements suggests a condition that surpasses typical "excellent" examples.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

71K/467A

Odometer:

9,721 miles

Reg Number:

BAS 120

RHD/LHD:

RHD

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 manufacturer 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 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 ca...