Kwiseman, you have a PM

Is this still available

This car is beautiful kwiseman! BEAUTIFUL!

Question, how sturdy is the fold down luggage rack? I’ve thought about buyign one for my Duchess. But I’m concerned about bolting it through the fiberglass engine cover.

Hi,

This is one really beautiful car!! I tried to research to see if it ever sold. No info. Anyone know the story? Just curious to see what a top of the line replica could get. These Allisons in some ways look better than the originals!

Rich

Rich, I bought the car May 28th. It was located in Tarpon Springs, Florida and now resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It’s my first MGTD and I am very excited to have it. If you think the pics look good you should see it in person. Especially after a good coat of wax. It’s not a 10 but a good solid 9 with the only flaws being some surface rust on the real center mount wire rims and on the tail pipes which I plan to change to a ceramic Tri Mil Euro Tip. As for the wire wheels I’m just gonna have to polish them and live with it for now till I can have them re-chromed. The car has a 1.7 liter VW engine and runs like a top. The interior and exterior are immaculate. I have to have a new top made as the original one has dry rotted. It was never used on the car and the side curtins are in like new condition and still in the original boxes. As far as the selling price goes let’s just say I got lucky and got it for way less than the car is worth. Especially one in this condition. I have been trying to gather more information on the car but keep coming up empty handed. I have 3 of the original brochures, two of Ken Allison’s business cards, and a price list/spec sheet that came with the car. From what I have observed the car is extremely well built. Extra reinforcement of the chassis and the Glass body, fenders and deck lids are very thick and sturdy. The car is well detailed and another great feature is the under hood area up front. The gas tank is built into the body somehow leaving the entire underhood area open for storage. The battery sits in a recess behind the passanger seat leaving that area open for additional storage. You can tell a lot of thought went into the design. I don’t know how many of these vehicles were sold but unless people are holding on to them and not telling anyone I don’t think there are very many still out there. I know Richard Wobby has one and there is a Larry on this site that has one also. If anyone knows anything about the history of the Allison Replicar company or where I can get any information about the car please let me know. I would love to see some design drawings to see how the car is actually built.

Thanks for your interest.

tom

Oh, is that what that’s for. I was wondering. LOL

I’ll try to get some pis up. May wait till we get back from Cruisin the Coast on the 10th as I hope to be able to take some nice shots on the beach.