Allard

[Barry]

Have we seen this one before?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/273509457813/

[richard]

Yep it must have been in a RUM magazine article I think

[Bob Purton]

surprising how big it looks up against those people.

[richard]

I thought the same have they been especially selected 

[DaveMiller]

Still not quite as big as it looked in those advertising drawings (for example http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/entries/3610/Allard_Clipper_347cc_1954_Ad.jpg ).  That aside, many of the curves are actually quite attractive, in a "swoopy" way.

I just can't understand where the line came from for the cut-out at the rear wheels - it bears no relation to the shape of the wing, to the flow of the car, or to the shape - or position - of the wheel! 

[Bob Purton]

Its official, people were just tiny in the 1950's!

[Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker)]

Still not quite as big as it looked in those advertising drawings (for example http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/entries/3610/Allard_Clipper_347cc_1954_Ad.jpg ).  That aside, many of the curves are actually quite attractive, in a "swoopy" way.

I just can't understand where the line came from for the cut-out at the rear wheels - it bears no relation to the shape of the wing, to the flow of the car, or to the shape - or position - of the wheel!

I think given the name, it's a nautical reference, if you think of the various curves on the car as the swell of waves seen side-on. Of course it could be something to do with making the bodywork then finding you couldn't take the rear wheels off.