- Withdrawn

Registration No: Un-Registered (Formerly ‘DMS 169’)
Chassis No: 1182
MOT: Exempt

• 1 of just 44 known survivors (from a production run of only 559)
• Current ownership since 2009
• Supplied with the ‘buff’ logbook
• Requiring full restoration but believed to be mostly complete

Driving a 1951 Allard P1, Allard Managing Director Sydney Allard, co-driver Guy Warburton and navigator Tom Lush won the January 1952 Monte Carlo Rally, a spectacular success in what was described in contemporary accounts as "impossible winter conditions." This famous win was just the highpoint of many Allard P1 competition successes in post-war international rallies, including the Lisbon Rally, Alpine Trial, Rally Soleil Cannes and Monte Carlo Rally. In production from 1949 through 1952, the five-passenger P1 was advertised as "The family saloon with sports car manners." The lightweight body is hand-formed aluminium over a framework carved from ash wood, supplied by Abbotts of Farnham. With 559 examples built, the P1 was the best-selling Allard model, yet only a mere 44 are known to survive.

Manufactured in 1950, the same year as the Monte Carlo Rally winning example, the Allard offered has the 3622cc 85hp Ford V8 engine and three-speed manual transmission. Supplied new via George & Jobing (J. Martin), it was sold new to the first owner, Doctor A. E. Blair Esq. of Stirling, Scotland being delivered on the 12^th of July 1950, and was supplied new in ‘Show Gray’ paintwork with Blue interior upholstery. Formerly a resident of a significant private collection, the vendor purchased the Allard from the collection with a view to restoring the P1. However, other projects took precedence and the restoration never materialised. Always dry stored in current and previous ownerships, the Allard is offered for sale requiring full restoration but believed to be mostly complete, with the complete engine accompanying, but is removed from the car and dismantled. A very worthy restoration project with the P1s low survivor numbers and motor racing history, the Allard is offered with a VE60 ‘buff’ logbook.

With thanks to the Allard Owner's Club for the assistance with the information.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452