Advertising Last completed movie pages 1951 Lea-Francis 14hp Estate 'Woodie'Class: Cars, Wagon — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2021-05-20 19:46 |
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◊ 2021-05-20 19:52 |
Fourteen. |
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◊ 2021-05-20 23:30 |
I have tried to unearth some information on the builders of these estate cars,but cannot run this exact design to anything convincing. Headlights in wings, 1951-53. -- Last edit: 2021-05-20 23:41:04 |
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◊ 2021-05-21 00:16 |
I tried as well, but after getting nowhere with the plate, googling pics unsuccessfully and then finding this - "The estate cars on the 14hp saloon chassis had wooden bodies that were not built in-house, but by quite a number of independent coachbuilders, who even produced one-offs for individual customers. The first coachbuilder to build the estate body in any quantity was the Yapton Caravan Company of Chichester. The later and more successful design was produced by the APA concern, and this was adopted by the works as the standard version (most survivors are of this type)...... About 1,000 were made, plus some vans without rear doors or rear side windows. Only 20 estate cars and three vans are currently in Club members’ hands ... " I gave up. Some book info mentions Southern Caravan Company (Yapton), AP Aircraft (APA), Riverlee Bodies, Jensen, Frank Grounds and Papworth. A pic of an early Yapton shows a very shallow windscreen unlike this one. A few pics suggest most of them had part-wood fill for rear side window, not full-length glass with squared corners. |
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◊ 2021-05-21 08:58 |
Exactly. The major difficulty is that this is precisely the sort of body that could have been built by the one man and a dog firm up the street. It is totally possible that it could have been a one off, and unless there is knowledge of this vehicle itself, the chances of finding its builder are low. The bonnet line was lowered at some point, whether this included lowering the scuttle, thus increasing the depth of the windscreen without increasing overall height, is questionable as it would have cost money that Leaf’s did not have. My personal view is that this is a better looking design than many of the others, aided by the in-wing lights. I do not think that the sobriquet “Woodie” is appropriate, it may have been made of wood, but I do not recall this label as having been in general use in U.K., it’s more of a hangover from U.S. culture. It would have been called shooting brake here. -- Last edit: 2021-05-21 09:20:39 |
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