Lush says LMG192 was first registered in September 1941 but not completed until October 1946, though other records and Lush’s own account show that it was actually October 1945. A later owner, selling the car in 1952, said it had first been registered in 1942, presumably getting this detail from the registration documents. This later date would fit with an odd reference in June 1942 that “the latest Allard Special has a Mercury motor and reaches 4,300 rpm in 1st”. I understand that there would have been an advantage for Adlards in having another car registered as that increased the petrol allowance the wartime workshop could access, so perhaps the chassis had been made to roll sufficiently to achieve registration?
SPECIFICATION
No direct specifications were published for this car, so it will broadly follow the specifications for the 4 seater V8 cars. Notably this was the only Allard to this point to be built with a proper Mercury engine as opposed to being bored out to Mercury spec as with FGP750.
Chassis
- 4 seater chassis: 8’6 1⁄2″ wheelbase with front track 4’8″ and rear track 4’2 1⁄2″.
Steering and brakes
- Marles high ratio steering box. Cable brakes on all four wheels and a fly-off handbrake.
Transmission
- Ford V8.
Engine
- Mercury V8.
Body
- “New Look” 4 seater
A later account said LMG192 was used for development purposes leading up to the post war production cars, so the specification may well have changed as this development took place. For example, at Fordingbridge in May 1946 he was running four double choke Strombergs and achieved fastest aggregate time.
HISTORY
Sydney Allard put LMG192 to good use as soon as competitions restarted in 1945. He competed strongly in a number of trials and speed events, the car also being driven by others including Imhoff, Canham and Leslie Allard. By the end of August 1946 Sydney was using his first post war car, HLP5, and by October 1946 Maurice Wick had acquired LMG192. He entered many events over the next three years or so, regularly appearing high in the results and winning the Knott Cup in November 1948 beating a number of his Allard colleagues
in the process. Again the car was often driven by others including Cyril Wick and Leslie Allard. By 1952 a Mr Carpenter was selling the car and then it disappears until reappearing in a very poor state in Gerry Belton’s ownership in 1968.
WHERE IS IT NOW?
It disappeared and was apparently scrapped in 1968 whist at Gerry Belton’s house near Crawley in West Sussex
