A pre-(second) war offering: Solved! 1938 Lea-Francis Sports

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GRAYWOLF

#25
February 12, 2007, 04:49:58 PM
FLX?
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

Allan L

#26
February 13, 2007, 03:27:26 AM
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on February 12, 2007, 04:49:58 PM
FLX?
That's part of its registration number (FLX 191)!
If the photo were better you could have seen it.
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GRAYWOLF

#27
February 13, 2007, 09:28:58 AM
I couldn't tell if that was the plate or a dummy plate!
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

Allan L

#28
February 15, 2007, 03:13:59 PM Last Edit: March 20, 2015, 08:59:38 AM by Allan L
Here is a deeply technical shot of the same car's engine bay. It may help someone as there are a couple of non-technical clues there as well as a characteristic appearance to the engine.
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GRAYWOLF

#29
February 15, 2007, 03:29:06 PM
You mean like it being a DOHC I4?
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

Allan L

#30
February 15, 2007, 03:37:45 PM
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on February 15, 2007, 03:29:06 PM
You mean like it being a DOHC I4?
Almost, but DUHC would be a correct abbreviation, had anyone used it before.
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GRAYWOLF

#31
February 15, 2007, 05:04:00 PM
DUHK? We have several of those in our pond!
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

Tifosi

#32
February 15, 2007, 09:27:41 PM
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on February 15, 2007, 05:04:00 PM
DUHK? We have several of those in our pond!

Now you're getting Daffy....

Double UNDER head cams?

Dan
"Like most of life's problems, this one can be solved with bending..."

Bender B.Rodrigues

GRAYWOLF

#33
February 15, 2007, 09:45:35 PM
Just call me Donald!

I was just yanking your chain.

I could see the 2 banks of valves and 4 wire coil, so I ASSUMED it to be DOHC.
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

Allan L

#34
February 16, 2007, 03:23:41 AM
Quote from: Tifosi on February 15, 2007, 09:27:41 PM
Double UNDER head cams?

Dan
Exactly so: they are at the top of the block, with their followers in the cylinder head.
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D-type

#35
February 21, 2007, 05:17:13 PM
Could it be a Lea-Francis?
Duncan Rollo

The more you learn, the more you realise how little you know.

Dahlis

#36
February 21, 2007, 05:34:45 PM
Is it a Bentley 4 1/4 litre.

Allan L

#37
February 22, 2007, 03:59:24 AM
Quote from: D-type on February 21, 2007, 05:17:13 PM
Could it be a Lea-Francis?
At last!

Yes it could be, and it is.
It's a 1938 12.9 Corsica-bodied Sports :applause:
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Ultra

#38
February 22, 2007, 05:03:48 AM
Quote from: Allan L on February 22, 2007, 03:59:24 AM
Quote from: D-type on February 21, 2007, 05:17:13 PM
Could it be a Lea-Francis?
At last!

Yes it could be, and it is.
It's a 1938 12.9 Corsica-bodied Sports :applause:

D-Type shares your I.P. at times, Allan L, including in the posts on this thread.  Is D-Type a relative or a neighbor of yours?
"Honi soit qui mal y pense"


Click the pic....... Name the car

Allan L

#39
February 22, 2007, 05:20:31 AM
Quote from: Ultra on February 22, 2007, 05:03:48 AM
D-Type shares your I.P. at times, Allan L, including in the posts on this thread.  Is D-Type a relative or a neighbor of yours?

Sorry don't quite understand. (e.g. what d'you mean "shares your I.P."?)
No idea who D-type is, except that I think he is also in England.

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Ultra

#40
February 22, 2007, 05:47:39 AM
Quote from: Allan L on February 22, 2007, 05:20:31 AM
Quote from: Ultra on February 22, 2007, 05:03:48 AM
D-Type shares your I.P. at times, Allan L, including in the posts on this thread.  Is D-Type a relative or a neighbor of yours?

Sorry don't quite understand. (e.g. what d'you mean "shares your I.P."?)
No idea who D-type is, except that I think he is also in England.



I.P. is your Internet Protocol address. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_address
"Honi soit qui mal y pense"


Click the pic....... Name the car

Allan L

#41
February 22, 2007, 06:07:40 AM Last Edit: February 22, 2007, 06:11:08 AM by Allan L
Quote from: Ultra on February 22, 2007, 05:47:39 AM
I.P. is your Internet Protocol address. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_address
I am sure that means something to someone, but who can tell.
I just use the B***** and leave the how and why to whoever set it up.
as for the wikipedia link, it contains a long statement which offeres no help so far as I can see - but that's wikipedia for you, often wrong, unsupervised and rarely of use.
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Ultra

#42
February 22, 2007, 06:08:57 AM
Quote from: Allan L on February 22, 2007, 06:07:40 AM
Quote from: Ultra on February 22, 2007, 05:47:39 AM
I.P. is your Internet Protocol address. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_address
I am sure that means something to someone, but who can tell.
I just use the B***** and leave the how and why to whoever set it up.

;D  8)
"Honi soit qui mal y pense"


Click the pic....... Name the car

Otto Puzzell

#43
February 22, 2007, 08:26:31 AM
Both of our British friends are AOL users. I wouldn't be surprised if they route large groups of people within relatively small geographies through a server with that address.  :scratch:

Look at me, talking as if I know what I'm on about. I was "explaining" the vagaries of FTP to my daughter just last night. :liar:
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Ultra

#44
February 22, 2007, 11:43:23 AM
Quote from: KarnUtz on February 22, 2007, 08:26:31 AM
Both of our British friends are AOL users. I wouldn't be surprised if they route large groups of people within relatively small geographies through a server with that address.  :scratch:

Look at me, talking as if I know what I'm on about. I was "explaining" the vagaries of FTP to my daughter just last night. :liar:


Very possible.   Didn't mean any offense to anyone, just curious.
"Honi soit qui mal y pense"


Click the pic....... Name the car

porridgehead

#45
February 22, 2007, 12:05:56 PM
http://www.motorbooks.co.uk/review.asp?bookid=45558

Had I but thought to google the correct name....

"MOTORING > CARS BY MARQUE > LANCIA/LEA FRANCIS/LEXUS
Lea-Francis Owners Club Jubilee Book 1953-2003

     This 112-page full colour paperback celebrates the Lea-Francis Owners' Club's 50th anniversary through surviving members' vehicles. From pre-WW1 gents' bicycles to Unihorse tractors, the individual histories of a diverse range of LeaFs makes for an enjoyable production. As well as the Coventry firm's most successful models, this book features one-offs such as Allan Lupton's handsome Corsica -bodied 1938 12.9hp and the Monte Carlo or Bust glassfibre stunt car.

Certain post-WW2 models, such as the 18hp saloon are now rare with just two of the 90 made listed. None of the Barrie Price-era cars are here but the Lynx prototype enthusiast Keith Tricker pledges to complete his second car in original lilac paint and gold plate. A bonus inclusion is the Connaught L-type




Measures with mics, marks with chalk, cuts with axe, beats to fit and paints to match

Otto Puzzell

#46
February 22, 2007, 12:25:08 PM
I weren't offensed
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Ultra

#47
February 22, 2007, 12:27:20 PM
Quote from: KarnUtz on February 22, 2007, 12:25:08 PM
I weren't offensed

My comment was aimed at Allan L.

:-[
"Honi soit qui mal y pense"


Click the pic....... Name the car

Allan L

#48
February 22, 2007, 01:08:05 PM
Quote from: Ultra on February 22, 2007, 12:27:20 PM
Quote from: KarnUtz on February 22, 2007, 12:25:08 PM
I weren't offensed

My comment was aimed at Allan L.

:-[

Nor were I; can't speak for D-type of course!
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Allan L

#49
February 22, 2007, 01:10:28 PM
Well done Porridgehead!

also try

http://www.lfoc.org/

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