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Solved - MJW #742 - Allard J2 Coupe "Goff" Imhof
« on: December 16, 2011, 11:38:14 PM »
Unusual looking coupe.
Please identify the make, model, year and who it was built for.
« Last Edit: December 28, 2011, 02:40:36 AM by woodinsight »
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2011, 02:07:49 AM »
Moving up
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2011, 03:40:10 AM »
I love that car! But I only know the make and nothing more.
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2011, 03:56:07 AM »
Quote from: Oswald on December 20, 2011, 03:40:10 AM
I love that car! But I only know the make and nothing more.
As far as I know the car was built in-house for the owner/designer, a man well-known for his connections to this make.
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2011, 04:11:55 AM »
Mister Tiller perhaps?
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2011, 04:26:03 AM »
Quote from: Oswald on December 20, 2011, 04:11:55 AM
Mister Tiller perhaps?

Not Jim Tiller but someone (now deceased) who was closely involved with the company in the 1940s/1950s.
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2011, 06:51:41 AM »
Tom Lush?
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2011, 07:26:43 AM »
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2011, 04:08:47 PM »
Bristol 450 originally built in 1953, modified for Anthony Crook to use on the road

Or am I barking up totally the wrong tree?
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2011, 04:12:07 PM »
Quote from: D-type on December 20, 2011, 04:08:47 PM
Bristol 450 originally built in 1953, modified for Anthony Crook to use on the road

Or am I barking up totally the wrong tree?
Barking up the wrong tree I'm afraid.......
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2011, 12:03:31 AM »
Pros?
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2011, 02:18:12 AM »
Allard P2 built for Dudley Hume?
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2011, 07:01:11 AM »
Quote from: Wendax on December 27, 2011, 02:18:12 AM
Allard P2 built for Dudley Hume?
Allard is correct but not a P2 nor built for Dudley Hume
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2011, 07:20:13 AM »
Allard M2 for David Gottlieb?
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2011, 07:21:32 AM »
Quote from: Wendax on December 27, 2011, 07:20:13 AM
Allard M2 for David Gottlieb?
Not an M2 and not for David Gottlieb.....
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #15 on: December 27, 2011, 09:59:30 AM »
Maybe Abbott?

More pictures :
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #16 on: December 27, 2011, 11:50:05 AM »
Thank you for the extra photos Joao.
As I mentioned earlier I believe the coachwork was built in-house by Allard or by a local panel-beater under their supervision.
All I need for the point is the model it was based on and the owner who also designed it.
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #17 on: December 27, 2011, 12:40:19 PM »
J2 for Raymond Baxter
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #18 on: December 27, 2011, 01:46:33 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on December 27, 2011, 12:40:19 PM
J2 for Raymond Baxter
It is a J2 but not for Raymond Baxter.
The man in question was undoubtedly Allard's best postwar customer.....
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #19 on: December 27, 2011, 01:52:56 PM »
One of the Wick brothers?
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #20 on: December 27, 2011, 02:42:29 PM »
I should have read my source more carefully. It is Godfrey Imhof.
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Re: MJW #742
« Reply #21 on: December 27, 2011, 02:47:40 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on December 27, 2011, 02:42:29 PM
I should have read my source more carefully. It is Godfrey Imhof.
Yes, that's it.
Godfrey "Goff" Imhof designed this coupe on a lengthened J2 chassis.
I'm still unsure of who built the body and the Allard Register doesn't say either.
There is a fuller description of the car in their archives.
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NEH 3978
« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2015, 08:25:05 AM »
What's this, built by whom, for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 3978
« Reply #23 on: April 02, 2015, 06:23:43 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3978
« Reply #24 on: April 02, 2015, 07:20:24 AM »
are there any Renault parts in this car?
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