The Cars of Jim Taylor

This coming Friday and Saturday October 14-15, 2022, Broad Arrow Auctions will be offering Jim Taylor’s extensive car and memorabilia collection for sale. Jim has great taste in cars and his love for Allards is notable. His collection contains a J2X, J2X Le Mans, and a JR – all three of which represent the most sought-after cars of the Allard marque. Below is a brief summary of each of the three cars. All three cars will be offered Saturday October 15.

JR-3406, Lot 839

The JR was one of the last JR’s built (fun fact: this car, along with 3407 were both exported on January 1, 1955). It was originally exported to Canada, purchased new by Norman Moffet and was painted black with tan interior. The JR was the brainchild of chief designer Dudley Hume and featured a number of upgrades over the J2X (to learn more, click here). 3406 was the only LHD model produced and it features two doors – other JR’s only had a single door on the drivers side.

J2X-3071 Le Mans, Lot 841

In 1952, the Le Mans organizers mandated that cars with cycle fenders would not be allowed to race. In a matter of weeks, Allards body shop put together the “Le Mans”, no doubt inspired by the Jaguar C Type. Fourteen J2X Le Mans were built, with 3071 being 4th built. The car was exported January 6, 1953 destined for Noel Kirk Motors in Los Angeles. The LHD car was painted red with red interior, Cadillac modifications and 3-piece DeDion axle tube (we are note sure if this is still in place). Most notably, the car was shipped with a standard Allard windshield, but the first owner, Gary Love changed it out to the very attractive curved windshield you see today. Body-wise, the car is very original and has loads of patina including the aftermath of a carburetor fire from 1969.

J2X-3048, Lot 859

This car was exported on April 2nd, 1952 to R/P (Perry Fina) Imported Motors in New York City. The LHD car was painted white with black interior and was configured for Chrysler power. Prior to Jim’s acquisition of 3048 in 2013, the car resided in Australia, where it was converted to RHD. The auction writeup is a bit misleading stating that the car was raced extensively by Tiny Gould – that car was actually Tiny’s J2. As an homage to Tiny, Jim had the car painted white with a red hood and interior to match Tiny’s racing colors – along with converting the car back to LHD.

If you’d like to bid on any of these cars, visit the Broad Arrow web site at https://www.broadarrowauctions.com/events/event/the-cars-of-jim-taylor