In the 1980s, Chris Humberstone, who had a history of designing cars for various Formula One teams, licensed the rights to the Allard name from Alan Allard, the son of the company's founder, Sidney [REF].
The J2X-C used double wishbone suspension, with push-rod actuated coil springs over dampers at both ends of the car;[REF] the front suspension was mounted on the carbon-fibre monocoque, whilst the rear suspension was mounted to a carbon-fibre sub-structure that had been designed to allow quick transmission replacement [REF].