Allard J2R

Production period:	1953 to 1957
Class:	race car
Body versions:	Roadster
Engines:	Gasoline 5.4 litres
Length:	12ft 6in (381 cm)
Width:	5ft 1 lin (180 cm)
Height:	2ft 10in (86 cm)
Wheelbase:	8ft (244 cm)
Curb weight:	2,200 1b (1,000 kg).
Price newl	£2,440 incl

The Allard J2R was a 1950s sports race car, which was first developed in 1953 by Allard.

History 

In 1946, British car dealer and racing driver Sydney Allard founded Allard Motor Company Ltd, a company involved in the construction of sports and racing cars. Allard had already built racing cars in the 1930s and now put the production on a professional footing.

In the 1950s, the models J2, J2X and J2R emerged the J2R had a full-body bodywork. The structure of the chassis was taken over by the J2X. The engine was supplied by Cadillac. The 5.4-liter V8 O.H.V. engine with compression ratio, 9.0 to 1, delivering 270 bhp (199 kW) at 4,600 r.p.m. and accelerated the car to about 210 km / h fitted  with various options for number of gearbox speed ratios and overall ratios for final drive.Divided front axle indepndently sprung with coil and parrallel axis forward projecting radius arms. De Dion type rear coil springs. and twin parallel radius and twin triangulated A brackets. Telescopic hydraulic shock round.  For braking Lockheed hydraulic two-leading shoe front, leading and trailing rear and 6.50-16 inch tyre size .

Inside fitted with single Two seater body of lightweight aluminium construction conforming with International Sports Regulations. Dash with speedometer. rev counter. oil pressure water gauges. ammeter. etc. in sports car racing for the first time ever, a J2R was driven by Sydney Allard himself at a national sports car race in the United Kingdom, where he finished third. At the 1953 Le Mans race in 1953, Philip Fotheringham-Parker took the lead in a J2R in the first four laps before an early braking defect forced him to give up. 

Identification:

• Chassis Number Stamped on plate attached to bulkhead under bonnet.
• Engine Number (Cadillac Engine) Stamped into metal on nearside of clutch bell housing.