Allard Palm Beach

The Allard Palm Beach is a small British roadster built by Allard Motor Company between 1952 and 1958, with a Mark II introduced in 1956. Based on the chassis of the K3, but with only four- or six- cylinder engine options. Production only reached 80 units by the end of 1958 when manufacturing of the Palm Beach ended.

Mark I
Palm Beach 2.3 Mk I

The Palm Beach was sold with a choice of four-cylinder 1.5-litre (1508 cc) engine from a Ford Consul producing 47 bhp (35 kW; 48 PS) or a six-cylinder 2.3-litre (2262 cc) engine from a Ford Zephyr producing 68 bhp (51 kW; 69 PS).[1] There was one V8 model built to special order for an Argentinian customer, supplied new with a 4.0-litre Dodge 'Red Ram' engine.[2]

Consul-engined cars (only eight were built) are called "21C" (C for Consul) while the six-cylinder cars are called "21Z" (Zephyr). The sole Dodge-engined car received the model code "21D".

Mark II
Palm Beach Mk II

Introduced in 1956, the Mark II Palm Beach dropped the four-cylinder option, and introduced the availability of a Jaguar sourced six-cylinder 3.4-litre (3442 cc) engine.[3]

References
  1. "Palm Beach brochure" (PDF). Allard. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  2. "1954 Allard Palm Beach MkI 'Red Ram' Roadster". Bonhams. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. Gillies, Michael Sedgwick, Mark (1993). A-Z of cars, 1945-1970 (Rev. pbk. ed. / by Jon Pressnell. ed.). Bideford, Devon: Bay View Books Ltd. p. 15. ISBN 1870979397.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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