Lea-Francis Owners' Club
Lea-Francis S Type Hyper

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Lea-Francis S Type Hyper 1927-32

Engine: Meadows 4ED, 1496cc, with Cozette supercharger

Wheelbase: 9' 3" Track: 4' 2"

The famous Hyper Lea-Francis can claim to have been the first supercharged British production car.

Few would dispute the fact that the Hyper
is one of the most important cars in the
competition history of Lea-Francis.

Please click here to learn more of the
Hyper and the stunning 1928 TT victory.

In January 2005, Autocar magazine
published an article on Tom Delaney
and his 1928 TT winning Hyper.
Click here to read the article.

It used the same chassis as the P type, but with the engine further back to give space for the supercharger behind the distinctive sloping radiator. It also had servo-assisted brakes.

Initially it was available with four-seater tourer and even saloon bodies, and later came a Weymann coupé.

The car had many successes in racing, both in the hands of private owners and the factory, most notably winning the 1928 Ards TT, after which a skimpy two-seater like the competition cars was marketed, called the “TT Replica”. 

In standard form the S type was capable of 85mph, competition cars of well over 100mph. 

170 S types were produced of which as many as 41 may have survived; 24 are in the Club.