9781845849573
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Ace of Spades
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Barrie Price
Bugatti
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Category=WGC
Connaught Engineering
COP=United Kingdom
Coventry
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Graham Inglesby Francis
Kaye Don
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Lea Francis
Lea Francis owners club
Lea motorcycles
Leaf car company
Lynx
Meadows
motorsport
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Richard Henry Lea
Riley
softlaunch
sports car history
sports cars
The Hyper
V101
V4957
Veloce
Vulcan
Product details
- ISBN 9781845849573
- Weight: 678g
- Dimensions: 207 x 250mm
- Publication Date: 03 Aug 2016
- Publisher: David & Charles
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The Lea-Francis company was founded in 1895, in Coventry in the UK, under the aegis of R.H. Lea. It originally built cycles and motorcycles, but, by the 1920s, was established as a manufacturer of high quality sporting cars. From the 1930s to the 1960s, Lea-Francis specialised in medium-sized cars, built with great care and the best quality components. Successful in motorsports, "Leaf" was an innovative company, but a lack of regard for good business principles led to fluctuating fortunes throughout the company's long life.
In The Lea-Francis Story, Barrie Price draws on his lifelong association with Lea-Francis cars to tell the complete and fascinating story of the company.
Barrie Price has spent a lifetime working in the motor industry in his home county of Warwickshire. He was responsible for a Rolls-Royce/Bentley service operation for over 40 years, and then purchased the assets of Lea-Francis Cars Ltd in 1962. He was the proprietor until he sold the company in 2019.
He has been the President of the Lea-Francis Owners Club, co-founder and former Chairman of the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Specialist's Association, former Chairman of the Bugatti Owners Club, and co-founder and former Chairman of the Bugatti Trust. He has owned or driven practically every type of Bugatti.
Barrie's written work includes books on Bugatti, the history of Lea-Francis, and Rolls-Royce.
