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The ultimate Allard?

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Bob Girvin said something especially interesting when I interviewed him about his Chrylser Hemi-powered Allard GT. He said: "If it's a muffled event, I don't go." Hmmmmm. Makes sense. It's gotta be really hard to sneak this monster past a decibel meter. Check it out!

new article today: Bob Girvin's Hemi-Powered 1958 Allard GT Coupe

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You can ride along with Bob in the GT Racer Series, Lime Rock Park episode. If you're not familiar with this vintage racing series, it's outstanding.
https://youtu.be/uShKJPtYCHk
 
Cool, I'm in the video, my red with yellow cage Spitfire gets passed in the first 40 seconds ( no big surprise there). I wondered why they put this car in the same class as Spits, MGBs and Fiats. It can't be that much fun with no one to really race against. If I remember he asked to be moved up a class later in the weekend.

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Ya, I thought that was your Spit Mike. If you haven't seen the whole Lime Rock episode, I think Bob did move up because he has a great dice with James Freeman in his '59 Aston Martin DB4GT.
 
Nice pictures of a neat car. It looks even better in-person.

And Bob's a great guy....he and I have been friends for the last few years.

If any of you are cyclist's you may be familiar with the Girvin Fork: Bob invented it.

You can see Bob pass me at around 4:00 on This Video (at New Hampshire)
 
And now for something completely different! Something has to follow the Allard article, and I think this piece about a pretty little green <1 liter racecar will do nicely.

Paul and Darry Bova's 1959 Turner Sports Mk1 Racecar

Today also seems like an especially good day to remember this car's creator: Jack Turner (April 1, 1916 - March 7, 2011.)

On the one hand, the Turner Mk1 shares quite a lot of (Austin A35) parts with its rival - the Austin Healey Sprite Mk1 - but I think it's fascinating how different the two designs are!

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