... From: Mike Knapman To: Allards@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:42 AM Subject: Re: {Disarmed} [Allards] Ramp, Flank & Nose Jack 8/30/07;...
A review of the prices realized for the 17 August auction of Sydney Allard's J2X Le Mans shows no price entered for the lot so would presume that car did not...
The J2X LeMans was bid up to 650k or so, but did not sell. We talked with the owner before and he said that he had changed his mind about selling the car and...
My 1951 Cadillac K-1 has no engine number stamped on it. The boss that normally has the engine number is blank. I believe this is because it is the original...
Jack I make the El Dorado coming out in '53 but that is only on the basis of a collection of Cadillac sales literature I came accress on the net. What you...
Does anyone know how to get in touch with Bill Boone, new owner of the JR? Dean _____ From: Allards@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Allards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
Larry, This is correct. My K2 has a 1950 Cadillac crate engine, no serial # on the boss, as was the case with Cadillac crate engines. Andy Picariello ... From:...
Andrew Picariello
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Sep 3, 2007 12:38 pm
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I believe he lives near me in Sand Springs, OK. I've never met him in person, but have talked to him on the phone some time ago. The numbers I have are...
Colin: The Allard JR sold by RM Auctioneers has its body sitting nearly six inches or so too high. Take a look at the attached photo of my JR can compare it ...
I have checked out the web site referred to below. The chassis number cited in the web site is incorrect. This car is 3055, not 5033. The web site says the car...
New person here, showing his ignorance. I'm just about to complete the building of a '52 J2X replica (at least that what I am told it is). But, the car...
Most J2X cars had front cycle wings - like a J2. The all enveloping Le Mans style bodies were not common. E. Dean Butler _____ From: Allards@yahoogroups.com...
Dean, My dad and I received this correspondence from David Hooper a few days ago... "...Of the J2XLM the reason for the change to Chrysler FirePower was almost...
Colin: Re. the Chrysler 331 hemi being a copy of the ARDUN: Duntov told me personally that he was sure this was true. There is a lot of evidence to support his...
Dean, Two four speed close ratio gearboxes were made, and fitted to the '52 Le Mans J2X's. No problems were experienced with either gearbox during the race. ...
Chrysler developed the hemi during WWII for tank engines. You can see one at the Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, MI. The 1951 331 hemi was evolved from this...
Andrew Picariello
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Sep 5, 2007 2:07 pm
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We've discussed these 4 speed gearboxes on the list before. I've got two of these Ford commercial boxes that are of no use to me, but I can't bear to take...
Andrew, If Duntov drove a tank in WWII, it wasn't on our side. He was a post war Russian immigrant. Bob Denton Auburn Hills, MI ... -- Old Chinese Proverb: The...
In the era 1951-54, I remember that some Allards were equipped with an expensive European 4 speed box but I cannot remember the name ( senior moment) also...
Bob, Who knows which side he fought on. For that matter, were the Russians on our side? Andy Picariello ... From: "Robert J. Denton" <rjdenton479@...> ...
Andrew Picariello
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Sep 5, 2007 3:24 pm
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Just for the record, the Russians were classed as allies in WW11 it was later that we all fell out jerry Thurston ... From: Allards@yahoogroups.com...
"Loose talk costs lives" as the saying used to be over here in the early 1940's. Seems it is time people got down to reading Duntov's biography published...
Actually pre-war immigrant. Duntov lived in France during the war. He had left Russia when he was very young. He went to school in Germany and left Germany...
Yes, Mike. He and his brother ran a machine shop in New York where, among other things, the Ardun heads were developed. After they closed the shop Zora and his...
Dear All I thought this was a constructive Allard owners and enthusiasts site - having just read the last ten "Allard"emails - why don't the people concerned...
Andy: This is the first time I have heard of a war-time Chrysler hemi. Any chance you have any photos or can point to anything on the internet? I doubt Duntov...
Larry: I would love to have these boxes! Were are they located? E. Dean Butler _____ From: Allards@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Allards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
Greetings, Getrag made a 4 speed which was used in one of the 1956 Sebring Corvettes. If memory serves me right , it was a truck transmission. Gearshift lever...
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