Equipment
331 Cadillac, floor shift 3-speed manual with the shifter between the driver and the door, wire wheels, side exhaust, Michelin tires, wind wings, banjo steering wheel.
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
One of 63 K3 roadsters. Good older paint with some chips ahead of the hood from it rubbing against the body when raised. Sound chrome. Dull windshield frame. Worn steering wheel but mostly good interior. Very rare and lesser known than the J2 or J2-X, but has the same Allard formula of monster American V8 in a light and simple British roadster.
Market commentary
Allard may have only made barely five dozen K3s, but there were two on offer at RM Sotheby's this year, with a blue Chrysler Hemi-powered car in similar condition selling the same day as this red Cadillac-powered one. That means 3.23% of all Allard K3s ever built sold within about an hour of each other. The Chrysler-powered one brought $89,600 while this one brought $84,000, both well below estimate and what we would have expected given the equipment and condition.