Hemmings Daily: A sports car with a hot rod's heart - 1950 Allard K1/2

1950 Allard K1/2. Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Sotheby's. Sydney Allard's apprenticeship with a London dealer selling both Daimlers and Buicks left him with a thorough understanding of the differences between British and American cars, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each. By the time he began building cars of his own in the late 1930s, his preference was for a light and nimble chassis, typically infused with flathead Ford V-8 power. One such example, a unique 1950 Allard K1/2, is set to cross [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Wednesday, February 15, 2017 [A sports car with a hot rod's heart - 1950 Allard K1/2]( [A sports car with a hot rod's heart - 1950 Allard K1/2]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1950 Allard K1/2. Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Sotheby's. Sydney Allard's apprenticeship with a London dealer selling both Daimlers and Buicks left him with a thorough understanding of the differences between British and American cars, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each. By the time he began building cars of his own in the late 1930s, his preference was for a light and nimble chassis, typically infused with flathead Ford V-8 power. One such example, a unique 1950 Allard K1/2, is set to cross... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1955 Packard Four-Hundred]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1955 Packard Four-Hundred]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1955 Packard Four-Hundred for sale. From the seller's description: The first owner purchased this car new from Packard of New Haven, CT. He owned it for quite a few years and sold it to a good friend of the third owner. By then, the car was a used up Packard and probably would have been put out to pasture. 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