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Year working: Working 1920’s – 1930’s

Illustrations in The Autocar magazine see 27th November 1931 on Winter Motoring. Also several originals sold by Brooks auctions with the dispersion of the Autocar/Motor archive in 2001

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Hyper Lea-Francis car racing at Brooklands 1931

The 1930 RAC International Tourist Trophy Race. Giuseppe Campari leading Tazio Nuvolari in the new Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS's at the Ards circuit. This signalled the end for large-engined cars at the Tourist Trophy Ards circuit - the three Alfa Romeos of Nuvolari, Campari and Varzi finished 1-2-3 in that order

Accident on the Mulsanne Straight, Le Mans, 1930. The Bentley Speed Six of Sammy Davis and Clive Dunfee passes Brisson and Rigal's unfortunate Stutz DV32. Illustration courtesy of Stuart Middlemiss.

One of the illustrations from Winter Motoring in Autocar 27 November 1931