The "Allard Palm Beach" was a weird car made in England post-war, under
the requirements of the time (English) that everything must be made for
the export market, only (last of the great Mercantilist efforts, ala
1700's!), or you did not get any resources (steel, wiring, etc.) This
was a specialty frame, etc, and some were powered by Cadillac engines.
There was a V-12 version, that I believe used a pre-war US-built (either
Caddy or Packard) engine. I don't know too much about them.
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Ian Viles wrote:
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> A friend who collects old books about natural history recently purchased a
> box of books at auction for a few GBPs. Amongst the books was 'Modern Motor
> Engineering and Repair' in 4 vols., published in 1956. Knowing my interest
> in cars, he has given the set to me. They are fascinating, covering every
> subject of maintenance and repair (just about every component seemed to have
> been considered to be repairable) - even plans for garage service bays and
> some super historic photographs.
> Of particular interest - vol. 4 contains service data sheets and wiring
> diagrams for 100 makes of car. Included are, for example, AC Ace, TR2 and 3,
> Swallow Doretti and even Allard Palm Beach Type 21C (whatever they are)!
> Ian Viles (Derbyshire)
> 73 TR6
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James A. Ruffner
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