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Another Allan L offering: Solved! Lea-Francis 30/230
« on: February 08, 2007, 04:06:19 AM »
Here is a model of a car presented at the Birmingham Motor Show a few years ago by the inheritor of a famous name in English cycle, morotcycle and car manufacture, that company having been formed first in 1895.
Make, model designation and power unit if you can!
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Re: Another Allan L offering
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2007, 06:19:24 AM »
I remember the car, but now I'm struggling to remember the make. Could it have been Lea Francis?

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Re: Another Allan L offering
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2007, 06:25:59 AM »
Quote from: Gromit on February 08, 2007, 06:19:24 AM
I remember the car, but now I'm struggling to remember the make. Could it have been Lea Francis?
Yes it could!
Model and power unit then?
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Re: Another Allan L offering
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2007, 09:40:36 AM »
30/230
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Re: Another Allan L offering
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2007, 02:05:24 PM »
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on February 08, 2007, 09:40:36 AM
30/230
Correct!
Now, what engine did it have?]
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Re: Another Allan L offering
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2007, 04:36:58 PM »
Ford Zephyr engine - or was that the LF Lynx?
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Re: Another Allan L offering
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2007, 03:53:04 AM »
Quote from: D-type on February 08, 2007, 04:36:58 PM
Ford Zephyr engine - or was that the LF Lynx?
That was the Lynx - 40-odd years earlier
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Re: Another Allan L offering
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2007, 03:51:12 PM »
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on February 08, 2007, 09:40:36 AM
30/230
By way of a clue, those numbers indicate engine capacity (but it's decilitres, so it was a three-litre (183 cu. in. I suppose in the USofA?) motor) and alleged horsepower.
Any guess now which engine it was?
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Re: Another Allan L offering
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2007, 10:41:12 PM »
GM 3.2 engine
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Re: Another Allan L offering
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2007, 03:18:52 AM »
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on February 15, 2007, 10:41:12 PM
GM 3.2 engine

I think that's near enough!
It was a GM (Vauxhall/Opel) 3 litre V6.

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Re: Another Allan L offering: Solved!
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2007, 09:41:07 AM »
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Re: Another Allan L offering: Solved!
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2007, 11:39:04 AM »
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on February 16, 2007, 09:41:07 AM
I got it from here:
http://www.hazelnet.org/brits/index.htm

Like I said, near enough.
Interesting site, including a list of good drivers' roads one of which starts three miles from me and I can vouch for its quality.
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Re: Another Allan L offering: Solved! Lea-Francis 30/230
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2013, 02:45:36 PM »
Some other images of this unique sports car:
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Re: Another Allan L offering: Solved! Lea-Francis 30/230
« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2013, 05:47:56 PM »
Thanks for those!
The second photo is one we have on the LFOC website but can I ask where the other two come from (no links on here but a PM is different!).
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