cool blue print, or is this more accurately called a mechanical drawing

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=27251539634464766&set=gm.1752396026036216&idorvanity=226675368608297

2 months ago, PM Summer left a comment, that I have looked at every day, many times, just waiting for the motivation to do something about looking it up and post about - Shelby winning a hillclimb in 1952 in an Allard J2

PM Summer commented in response to my post "Carroll Shelby in '56, hillclimbing. I'd never heard that he'd done that" 

and he said:

 Shelby also won a hillclimb in Grayson County, Texas in 1952 in an Allard J2 with a 331 Caddy engine topped with a Wiend intake, Strombergs, Crane cam, Ford trans, and De Dion rear end

at the SCCA-sanctioned Pottsboro Hill Climb. 

Shelby had barely begun driving in competition when in March 1952 Louisiana businessman Charlie Brown hired the young Texan to drive his Cadillac-Allard, #J2179, at the SCCA-sanctioned Pottsboro hill climb.

Sydney Allard was nearly killed with his family during a Nazi bombing raid over London where he was based at his family business repairing military vehicles for the war effort.

After WWII he returned to his passion of building and racing cars, he founded the Allard Motor Company and built a series of cars over a period of 10 years that would forever change the world of sports cars.

 Both Carroll Shelby and Zora Arkus-Duntov drove Allards in competition

https://silodrome.com/allard-j2-carroll-shelby/

https://porzelackpolishguy.com.au/blogs/news/this-1952-allard-is-one-of-most-significant-race-cars-in-australia-and-is-owned-by-joe-calleja-i-was-lucky-enough-to-porzelack-polish-it

While I'm thinking of Shelby, I've wondered about this photo for a while now

Buick Wildcat show car at the Seneca Cup Race, paces the Caddy powered Allard

tell me, where the hell are you going to find someone posting an Allard today?

Only here. Because my source posted it 2 years ago, that's why http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-1259#post-3412732

1953 Allard P2 Safari "Estate" (British talk for station wagon) one of only ten Safari Estates with only four thought to still exist Thank you Stephen R!

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/events/2020-auctions/the-silverstone-classic-live-online-auction-2020/the-silverstone-classic-live-online-auction-2020/friday-31st-july-sale-11am-bst/1953-allard-p2-safari-estate

an Allard once owned and raced by Dan Parker (in 1955) of the Parker Pen Company in Janesville Wisconsin.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/505973489414476/permalink/3178327702179028/

Allard P1, the only winner of the Monte Carlo rally in a car of his own construction. 1952, Sydney Allard

http://www.doubledeclutch.com/?p=12091

Sydney Allard practicing his J2 at Le Mans in 1950. This shot was on Allard’s corporate 1950 Christmas card

https://primotipo.com/2015/08/07/allard-j2-tom-hawkes-collingrove-hillclimb-1952/

Most amazing collection, or museum (might not be open to the public yet) that you've never heard of. The Price museum/collection in Salt Lake City

Just a list and a link to inform you with right now..

the Peerless Green Dragon, 1904. Owned and driven by Barney Oldfield
1903 Pope Toledo race car, Vanderbilt Cup and Daytona beach
1907 Renault race car built for William Vanderbilt to compete in his own race
1911 Mercer Raceabout, barnfind
1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, built for a hot air balloon professor, it carries the basket in back
1912 Hudon Mile a Minute, one of 2 known to exist
1913 Pope Hartford roadster Model 29
1914 Marmon speedster
1915 Stutz Weightman Special race car, winner in 1916 race in Wash DC
1916 Stutz Bearcat barnfind... from a barn in Cuba
1924, 1925, and 1932 Miller Indy race cars
1929 Bugatti type 35b owned by Chiron and raced in Le Mans
1931 Blower Bentley
1933 Alfa Romeo 8c 2300 Monza Spyder
1938 Mormon Meteor III land speed record holder
1951 Allard J2 race car owned by Jack Armstrong

these are only some of the most interesting, because I don't want to type all of he collection, so go see their website for more: http://pricemuseumofspeed.org/

"A rare display of the greatest representations of early racing history. Many of these rare vintage race cars either won or placed well in numerous renowned events such as the Grand Prix, Le Mans, Morris Park, Briarcliff Cup, Daytona Beach, Gordon Bennett Cup, Empire Track at Yonkers, Sheepshead Bay, Indianapolis, Mille Miglia among others.

The Mission of the Price Museum of Speed Foundation is to display unique vintage race cars and memorabilia, and provide an automobile research library for future generations of car enthusiasts to enjoy."

Barn finds, a year in review of what's been pulled out, put up for sale, or auctioned off

 That is a barn, sometimes they are easy to distinguish, and sometimes, they look like a lot of wood in a vague pile that might have space under it

 Inside you mghight find a pile of stuff... like the above 1961 Renault Carvelle, or even better the below 1956 Jaguar xk 140.

 Or sometimes you might just see that pile has a tail light under it. Right in the above photo to the bottom left

 or the above pile with a hood and a bit of windshield

 turns out to be a 1969 GTO

 Look in the back, a lot of people are not happy about every poor out of money dreamer asking if they want that car hauled away, and so they pushed it around to the back of the garage

 or threw a tarp over it. Above, a 68 Mustang, below, a Boss 302 Mustang

So.. that is about all you need to know about barnfinds, now, here are the ones that were up for sale last year

1927 Erskine (offshoot of Studebaker) model 50 sedan

32 Ford

1932 Packard

1937 Lagonda

1939 Hupmobile Senior

1947 Allard K1

1947 Pontiac woody (these woodys are worth upward of 50 thou in this condition)

A Tucker

1949 Delahaye 135

1953 Corvette (only 251 were made, they sucked, but they are worth a lot to a collector)

1954 Glasspar G2

 1957 Mercedes Gullwing 300SL

 1957 Morgan Plus 4

 cool 1959 Taylor electric cart

 1959 Morris Mini

 B/FX dragster that raced in 1966... damn, want that engine

 1968 Charger

 Even a High Country Special Mustang


now here are the Corvettes

58

 59

 63 split window

 64 Stingray

and this was found after 20 years of sitting in a shipping container in Waipahu Hawaii

So keep your eyes on http://www.barnfinds.com for the ones that come out of hiding in the future... you never can tell what rare or previously unheard of custom will be found

Allard. That means small boutique race car manufacturing with hemi power. Wow, what a cool car to look at, and it sounds better than it looks