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Sydney Allard owner of the Allard Car Company and keen racing driver built the above car in 1946 to compete in the British Hillclimb Championship a title which he and this car claimed in 1949. Key features are twin rear wheels to increase traction and an air cooled 3.6 litre V8 Steyr-Puch light aircraft engine! This was heavily tuned with the fitting of eight carbs and an increase in compression to 12 to 1 which necessitated alcohol fuel - power was not much by modern standards - about 150bhp and I note that the rev counter only goes to 6,000rpm, but I would love to drive this car up the Goodwood Hill and other tight courses in the game.
Fancy synchronising those eight carbs! The engine was air cooled for lightweight which was fine in the nose of an aircraft - it did not overheat in hillclimb competitions because the courses are short, but would have done if run for more than a few minutes (it would also have been aided by the cooling properties of the alcohol fuel).
NB In the background you can see an Allard J2 racer (in the background of the first picture you can see the more modern looking Allard J2X) - please also vote for the Allard J2.
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/allard-j2-1950-cadillac-powered-sports-race-car.302412/
This car would be a fitting tribute to Sydney Allard who started the sport of drag racing in the UK and was a successful team owner and competitor in many forms of motorsport including trials, rallying, sports cars (Le Mans) and hill climbing. This car is also historic as it paved the way for the Allard J2 which was raced by both Zora Arkus-Duntov (Father of the Chevrolet Corvette) and Carrol Shelby and introduced both of them to the concept of a big V8 engine in a light chassis.
Please also vote for another great hill climb car - the Mannic Beattie - which causes the same excitement for competitors today as Sydney Allard's car did in the 1940's.
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/mannic-beattie-nic-mann-unlimited-class-hillclimb-car.299951/
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