Solved - MJW #742 - Allard J2 Coupe "Goff" Imhof

woodinsight · December 16, 2011, 11:38:14 PM

Unusual looking coupe.
Please identify the make, model, year and who it was built for.

woodinsight · December 20, 2011, 02:07:49 AM

Moving up

Oswald · December 20, 2011, 03:40:10 AM

I love that car! But I only know the make and nothing more.

woodinsight · December 20, 2011, 03:56:07 AM

Quote from: Oswald on December 20, 2011, 03:40:10 AM
I love that car! But I only know the make and nothing more.

As far as I know the car was built in-house for the owner/designer, a man well-known for his connections to this make.

Oswald · December 20, 2011, 04:11:55 AM

Mister Tiller perhaps?

woodinsight · December 20, 2011, 04:26:03 AM

Quote from: Oswald on December 20, 2011, 04:11:55 AM
Mister Tiller perhaps?

Not Jim Tiller but someone (now deceased) who was closely involved with the company in the 1940s/1950s.

Oswald · December 20, 2011, 06:51:41 AM

Tom Lush?

woodinsight · December 20, 2011, 07:26:43 AM

Quote from: Oswald on December 20, 2011, 06:51:41 AM
Tom Lush?

Not him....

D-type · December 20, 2011, 04:08:47 PM

Bristol 450 originally built in 1953, modified for Anthony Crook to use on the road

Or am I barking up totally the wrong tree?

woodinsight · December 20, 2011, 04:12:07 PM

Quote from: D-type on December 20, 2011, 04:08:47 PM
Bristol 450 originally built in 1953, modified for Anthony Crook to use on the road

Or am I barking up totally the wrong tree?

Barking up the wrong tree I'm afraid.......

woodinsight · December 27, 2011, 12:03:31 AM

Pros?

Wendax · December 27, 2011, 02:18:12 AM

Allard P2 built for Dudley Hume?

woodinsight · December 27, 2011, 07:01:11 AM

Quote from: Wendax on December 27, 2011, 02:18:12 AM
Allard P2 built for Dudley Hume?

Allard is correct but not a P2 nor built for Dudley Hume

Wendax · December 27, 2011, 07:20:13 AM

Allard M2 for David Gottlieb?

woodinsight · December 27, 2011, 07:21:32 AM

Quote from: Wendax on December 27, 2011, 07:20:13 AM
Allard M2 for David Gottlieb?

Not an M2 and not for David Gottlieb.....

João · December 27, 2011, 09:59:30 AM

Maybe Abbott?

More pictures :

woodinsight · December 27, 2011, 11:50:05 AM

Thank you for the extra photos Joao.
As I mentioned earlier I believe the coachwork was built in-house by Allard or by a local panel-beater under their supervision.
All I need for the point is the model it was based on and the owner who also designed it.

Wendax · December 27, 2011, 12:40:19 PM

J2 for Raymond Baxter

woodinsight · December 27, 2011, 01:46:33 PM

Quote from: Wendax on December 27, 2011, 12:40:19 PM
J2 for Raymond Baxter

It is a J2 but not for Raymond Baxter.
The man in question was undoubtedly Allard's best postwar customer.....

João · December 27, 2011, 01:52:56 PM

One of the Wick brothers?

Wendax · December 27, 2011, 02:42:29 PM

I should have read my source more carefully. It is Godfrey Imhof.

woodinsight · December 27, 2011, 02:47:40 PM

Quote from: Wendax on December 27, 2011, 02:42:29 PM
I should have read my source more carefully. It is Godfrey Imhof.

Yes, that's it.
Godfrey "Goff" Imhof designed this coupe on a lengthened J2 chassis.
I'm still unsure of who built the body and the Allard Register doesn't say either.
There is a fuller description of the car in their archives.

Carnut · March 19, 2015, 08:25:05 AM

What's this, built by whom, for 1 point?:

Remember - solving puzzles using 'Google Search by Image' is BANNED on AutoPuzzles!

Carnut · April 02, 2015, 06:23:43 AM

Experts?

kwgibbs · April 02, 2015, 07:20:24 AM

are there any Renault parts in this car?

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Solved - MJW #742 - Allard J2 Coupe "Goff" Imhof