Dutch registration

Chassis no.

5200

- Only 85 produced - Powerful engine, aluminum body - The only “Deluxe” version   Building on its pre-war success, Lea Francis returned to the market in the late 1940s with an ambitious, hand-built sports car featuring a powerful 2.5L engine in an elegant aluminum body.

More expensive than its rivals, and in a difficult environment, its success was modest, and only 85 units were produced, despite its build quality and performance. This example was sold new in England in 1951, and is the only “Deluxe” version in existence, distinguished from the standard model by a beautiful walnut dashboard and door trim, larger door handles, rare period Lucas indicator units (instead of the standard trafficators) and chrome grilles above the side bonnet air vents.

Discovered in England in excellent cosmetic condition in 2014, its current owner set out to rebuild the engine, the wiring and fitted a stainless steel free-flowing exhaust manifold.

Having already r...