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Solved - NEH 3808: Allard-Mercury 4.4 Competition
« on: November 28, 2014, 07:14:08 AM »
What's this car and what powers it - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 3808
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2014, 05:14:45 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3808
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2014, 08:21:10 AM »
German?
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Re: NEH 3808
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2014, 12:14:32 PM »
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Re: NEH 3808
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2014, 01:33:37 PM »
British?
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Re: NEH 3808
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2014, 03:11:13 PM »
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Re: NEH 3808
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2015, 05:31:54 AM »
Up to the Pro's then, although it's really far too easy for them...
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Re: NEH 3808
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2015, 05:37:41 AM »
Allard Competition =Mercury 4.4.V8

(I'm surprised SACO wasn't straight in with the answer - I know the source of the photo  ;D . That isn't a standard Allard body, and I reckon it must be a rebodied J1 or J2.)

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Re: NEH 3808
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2015, 06:18:56 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on January 12, 2015, 05:37:41 AM
Allard Competition =Mercury 4.4.V8

(I'm surprised SACO wasn't straight in with the answer - I know the source of the photo  ;D . That isn't a standard Allard body, and I reckon it must be a rebodied J1 or J2.)

Quite so!
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Re: Solved - NEH 3808: Allard-Mercury 4.4 Competition
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2015, 12:11:01 PM »
Looking for something else, and I came across more info about this car. It seems to have been built by Sydney Allard for his personal use as a competition car, registered JGP473 in 1947, and is regarded as the precursor for the J2 production model. It had a different bonnet and grille , but probably sustained some accidental damage after Sydney had handed the car to his brother Leslie for him to drive, and had the front end re-modelled.

The original version of this car is on the left of this photo.
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