£24,150
1930 Lea-Francis 12/40hp W-Type Sports Registration no. VX 8321 Chassis no. 18116 Engine no. 10131
Bonhams • UK • 6 Mar 2010
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£24,150
1930 Lea-Francis 12/40hp W-Type Sports Registration no. VX 8321 Chassis no. 18116 Engine no. 10131
UK • 6 Mar 2010
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a 1930 Lea-Francis 12/40hp W-Type Sports car, registration number VX 8321, chassis number 18116, and engine number 10131. It was rebuilt in 2002/2003 and has mahogany-laminate, two-seater coachwork. It is suitable for hill climbs, sprints, or road events and is offered with a current road fund license and MoT to 23rd April 2010.
Condition
7
The car was rebuilt in 2002/2003 with new coachwork. It is said to perform very well and is running well. It is offered with a current road fund license and MoT to 23rd April 2010.
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18116
RHD
United Kingdom
VX 8321
1930
Auction
£24,150
1930 Lea-Francis 12/40hp W-Type Sports Registration no. VX 8321 Chassis no. 18116 Engine no. 10131
Bonhams • UK • 6 Mar 2010
Market Position:
Rare Sale
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Description
Already established as a maker of bicycles of the finest quality, Coventry-based Lea-Francis turned to motorcycle manufacture in 1911, proving equally successful in this new enterprise.
The company's first venture into motor manufacturing though, had been a relative failure, with only a handful of unconventional cars produced around 1904/05.
A conventional 1,944cc four-cylinder car was introduced in 1919 and three years later Lea-Francis merged with Southport-based Vulcan.
From then onwards the two firms shared components although their model ranges remained distinctly different.
In 1922 Lea-Francis exhibited a light car powered by an 8.9hp Coventry Simplex sidevalve engine, and this C-type model would be the first produced in significant numbers.
The Coventry Simplex was soon replaced by a 1,247cc overhead-valve Meadows unit (on the D-type) while two 12/40hp models powered by Meadows' famous 1,496cc 4ED engine was additions to the range for 1926.
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