Classics Monthly

Cornering the Allard market!

Great news this issue – I’ve bought another Allard. Or to be more accurate, my long-suffering wife Jayne has now got one! It all came about after I was sent an email to tell me that there was a Kent registered Allard L for sale on eBay. Naturally I took a look, and it turned out to be the famous rally car, LKR 963, a very late example of the model that was sold in September 1949.

The Allard L was the four-seater with well styled Paramount-made wings. The L started it off for

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