News — Porzelacked Carroll Shelbys Allard race car
This 1952 Allard is one of most significant race cars in Australia and is owned by Joe Calleja I was lucky enough to Porzelack Polish it..
Posted by PETER PORZELACK on
The Allard was another British-bodied, American-powered sports car, but from a decade earlier. Though it was built in Europe, its beating New World heart—in this case, a classic hot rodder’s Cadillac V8—gives it pride of place in our category. This particular car was raced by none other than Carroll Shelby at the start of his racing career. Shelby credited his work on this fantastic J2X with influencing his work on the famed AC-bodied, Ford-powered Shelby Cobra a few years later. Shelby had barely begun driving in competition when in March 1952 Louisiana businessman Charlie Brown hired the young Texan to drive...