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Lea-Francis was a British motor manufacturing company that began by building bicycles. History. R. H. Lea and G. I. Francis started the business in Coventry in 1895. They branched out into car manufacturing in 1903 and motorcycles in 1911. Lea-Francis built cars under licence for the Singer company.
- Coventry later Studley, Warwickshire, England
- Bicycles, cars and motorcycles
- Richard Henry Lea and Graham Francis
Lea-Francis Products. Richard Lea and Graham Francis entered into partnership in August 1895 to make advanced and relatively expensive cycles in Lower Ford Street, Coventry. These bicycles swiftly gained a reputation for quality and reliability. Less successful was Lea & Francis' first attempt at motor cars 1903, which had a strange three ...
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The beautiful 1947 Lea-Francis 14hp Drophead Coupé sold yesterday at H&H Classics' Duxford sale, making £14,625 (including the premium). That saw it comfortably exceed its upper estimate of £11,000, helped no doubt by that connection with The Fab Four.
History. R. H. Lea and G. I. Francis started the business in Coventry in 1895. They branched out into car manufacturing in 1903 and motorcycles in 1911. Lea-Francis built cars under licence for the Singer company. In 1919, they started to build their own cars from bought-in components.
Apr 26, 2016 · The Hyper Lea-Francis in two-seater form remains one of the most memorable British sportscars, made from 1928 into the mid-1930s, along with Alvis, Frazer Nash and a few others which were for fun motoring and competition forays in the vintage years, and whose products have lasted to this day.
Sep 22, 2018 · In the July 2011 issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, we told the story of the Lea-Francis 14hp Sports, produced in England from the fall of 1947 through 1949. Photographs of Al Ridinger's beautifully restored 1948 example were used to illustrate that story.
