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This is a really cool video of Tim and Ollie Lewellen (there’s a driver change) racing their J2-2018 in the wet recently. They had to start from the back due to a lack of practice laps, but that didn’t really get in their way! The footwell camera adds a unique perspective on the difference in driving in driving styles between Tim and Ollie. Not sure what track they’re at but it must have been miserable!
The 2021 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion featured a lunchtime parade of the 1950's Pebble Beach Road Race winning cars. Shown here is the ex Tom Carstens #14 J2 that was raced by Bill Pollack. In the car today is driver David Carte with passenger Mellette, Bill Pollacks daughter!
Special thanks to the folks at Hagerty’s Redline Rebuild Youtube channel for posting a series of videos where they do a full rebuild of a Cadillac 360 engine. Having personally rebuilt a Cadillac engine with my father, I saw a lot of familiar stuff while I also learned some cool tricks that I wish I had known when we rebuilt our engine. The overall rebuild time lapse video is shown first and then the whole series is shown later. Enjoy!
Read MoreWe’re a bit ashamed to admit this, but we just found the video below documenting Jim & Sheila Tillers attempt to run their ‘Old Fella’ J2 #1784 200 mph at Bonneville in 2000. The footage was well shot by Sheila on her hand held camcorder with commentary/banter provided provided by her colorful husband…with a guest appearance by Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame. Overall the documentary was very informative, interesting, and entertaining. I have no doubt that Sydney would have approved of the Tillers Bonneville adventure and their many modifications to their trusty J2.
I wonder where I can get one of those ‘Wacky Racers’ shirts with the Tillers J2 on it…
Enjoy a 5 minute blast up Mt Equinox in a 1951 Allard K2 during the 2019 running of the hill climb. Thanks for the great video Mike Donick!
Hagerty Insurance recently posted this cool time lapse video of a Ford Flathead rebuild. Enjoy!
Have you ever tried to find Allard videos on YouTube? You can search for terms like "Allard" "Allard J2" or "Allard Race", but you'll often get a whole bunch of non-Allard car related videos. Fortunately we've made it easy for you. Just go to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/allardregister. There you'll find 150+ Allard related videos ranging from in-car race footage, vintage footage, movie clips, etc.
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Bruno Rigoli racing his K2 at the Circuit des Remparts in Angoulême.
Here's some really good video of the 1952 Grand Prix of Watkins Glen. The first half of the video is for the Queen Catherine Cup for small displacement cars. The last half of the video is from the infamous Grand Prix race that features several Allards. You will recall that this is the race where Fred Wacker accidentally hit a young boy that was standing too close to the course. This video includes footage of the cars stationary after the race was stopped.
We just uploaded this excerpt from the movie "Fast and the Furious"...not the Vin Diesel version, but the original "classic" from B-movie legend Roger Corman. In addition lots of great racing footage...there are a bunch of Allard's featured...can you spot them all? We believe most of the footage was shot at Pebble Beach and Torrey Pines. Enjoy!
Very cool color racing footage from the 1954 Andrews AFB races. You'll see a number of Allards including Fred Wacker and his 8 Ball.
This year's event saw only one Allard racing...Bob Francis in his ex-Mille Miglia J2. Bob started out on the 10th row in 25th position. By the end of the 90 minute Freddie March Memorial Race, Bob and his co-driver worked their way up to 12th place. Congrats!
Click the below to watch a brief recap of the race along a with a graceful spin by Bob.
We love it when Allard owners tell us what they are doing with their cars...the other day we found a letter from Alain Rueede showing us his latest exploits...here's his email...
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We ere excited to see that Sydney's old J2X Le Mans, chassis 3055 has returned to Le Mans, some 62 years after it originally raced there. We're glad to see this car back on the road as it has been for sale for a number of years. Glad to see the new owner getting her out & about.
We were excited to learn today that the British Pathe, who has been archiving world history on film since the 1890's...has posted their archives on YouTube. What does that mean for Allard fans? We get to enjoy at least a dozen or so Allard related films that we likely never seen before. Our favorite so far is this clip of the one-off Allard Dolphin. A car built on a L-type chassis that featured one of the earliest retractable hard top roofs. Loyal readers of the Register will recall that we published a story on the Dolphin back in 2009. Click here to learn more.
Enjoy this video as Graham Smith races J2-1578 (placed 3rd at Le Mans in 1950) from 29th to 5th place in Group 5B at the 2013 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. The drive also earned Graham the Rolex Cup for Group 5B. Special thanks to Steve Schuler for sharing the video!
I've always liked the lines of the PB MkII...looking forward to seeing it finished.
Mike (Son-K2) and Jim (Dad-J2), just posted some videos from their run up Mt. Equinox in Manchester, VT last weekend. For those of you unaware, Mt Equinox is one of the longest hill climb races around at 5.2 miles in length with over 3,100 feet of climbing. More news to come on how they performed, stay tuned...
