Lea-Francis Owners' Club
Links

Members are invited to submit links to the webmaster of websites that they think may be of interest to other members.

The Cromard Special
A rather interesting history of this Lea-Francis engined "Special" built by Bob Spikins chief of the Laystall Engineering Co. Ltd., of Wolverhampton. Aparently the car still exists today...
http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/Cars/cromard/cromard.htm

Turner Sports Cars - Details of Lea-Francis powered Turner sports cars and the F2 race car can be found at this very interesting and informative site.
http://www.turnersportscars.com/

Haynes Motor Museum - Sparkford, Somerset, over 400 cars and motorcycles on display, including two Turners, one an F2 Race Car with Lea-Francis engine, and a sports car originally fitted with a Lea-Francis engine and sold to Ken Rose - son of Hugh Rose.
http://www.haynesmotormuseum.com/index.php

Classic Car Times - Classic Car Times is a website developed by enthusiasts for enthusiasts. It is under continual development and will be evolving quickly over the coming months.
www.classiccartimes.co.uk

Griot's Garage - Based in the USA, they have a mouthwatering selection of tools, garage equipment, and car care products. Given the strength of Sterling against the Dollar, it may represent good value. If not it certainly interesting to see the possibilities...
http://www.griotsgarage.com

Autopia Car Care - Again, based in the USA, Autopia has an amazing selection of car care products, as well as some very good advice and tips on cleaning and maintaining your car.
http://www.autopia-carcare.com 

British Motor Manufacturers - This comprehensive listing of the histories of British Motor Manufacturers includes a brief history of Lea-Francis.
http://www.britishmm.co.uk

The Woodie Car Club - The UK-based club for those automotive wooden wonders. The Woodie Car Club was formed in the UK during 2000 for the purpose of sharing information on the restoration and preservation of wooden-bodied shooting brakes, estate cars and station wagons - collectively known as Woodies, and originally built before 1959. The club welcomes all individuals who either own, or have an interest in, Woodies, and has quite a detailed section on Lea-Francis Woodies.
http://www.sitegarden.co.uk/woodies/index.html

The Cars of Hillfields - In the early years of the twentieth century, Hillfields played a key part in the development of Coventry's Car Industry. In total there were 20 different car makers located in Hillfields. These pages tell you about some of them and includes a detailed section on the Lea-Francis factory at Lower Ford Street.
http://www.hillfields.org.uk/History/Car_history/Index.htm 

MotorSnippets - an interesting website with some information on Lea-Francis as well as other interesting marques.
http://www.motorsnippets.com

The Racing Beasleys - a fascinating website with some great photos of Alf Beasley racing a Lea-Francis engined midget racing car.
http://www.justmidgets.homestead.com/Thebeasleys.html

The Old Lock and Key Company - apparently a source of key blanks for our cars...
http://www.oldlockandkeyco.co.uk

Motor Books - the world's oldest motoring book shop, situated in the centre of London, has a  database of over 40,000 books and videos. Type in the words "Lea-Francis" to find their well priced stock of Lea-Francis related publications. They offer fast and efficient shipping worldwide, and a secure server to facilitate "on-line" orders.
http://www.motorbooks.co.uk/

The Classic Car Resource - Well laid out useful information about clubs, events, cars, dealers and suppliers of classic cars as well as links to other classic cars sites.
http://www.tccr.net/index.htm

Classic Car Data - This site offers information useful to owners of classic cars including the address of a parts manufacturer and details of Car Clubs around the World.
http://www.ccdata.com/

World Electric Land Speed Records - Fascinating website charting the progress being made in the race to set the fastest solar powered and electric racing car. The site includes an extensive "links" page full of interesting and useful resources.
http://www.speedace.info/index.htm

Automotive World Magazine - Extensive listing of all auto-related matters, including links to valuable sources of research information on rare and unusual cars.
www.amwmagazine.de