LMB Components

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LMB Components Ltd.
legal form Ltd.
founding 1959
resolution 1963
Seat Guildford
management Leslie M. Ballamy
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The LMB Components Ltd. was a British automobile manufacturer.

Company history

Leslie M. Ballamy founded the company in 1959. The location was in Guildford (Surrey) . In 1963 the company disappeared again from the market.

vehicles

Models A and B

From 1960 to 1962, LMB manufactured a roadster model with different Ford or BMC engines.

The LMB A had in each case a side-controlled four - cylinder engine with 1.2 l displacement, which made 30 bhp (22 kW) at 4000 min −1 . The chassis had a 2286 mm wheelbase and was fitted with a GRP body.

The LMB B was basically the same model, but in addition to the Ford Anglia engine described above, there was also the 1.0 L engine from Ford or four-cylinder engines from BMC with 0.95 L (from the Austin A35 ) or 1 .5 l displacement (from the MGA ) to choose from. The latter was a particularly powerful sports car.

Debonair model

From 1959, LMB also marketed the Debonair , a two-door hatchback coupé that was manufactured by EB as a kit vehicle . LMB offered the Debonair as a fully assembled car.

Model overview

model Construction period cylinder Displacement power at speed wheelbase
A. 1960–1962 4 row 1172 cc 30 bhp (22 kW) 4000 min −1 2286 mm
B. 1960–1962 4 row 948/997/1172/1489 cc 30–72 bhp (22–53 kW) 2286 mm
Debonair 1959-1963

literature

  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975, Veloce Publishing plc., Dorchester 1999, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .
  • Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definite encyclopaedie of the UK's kit car industry since 1949. Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 9781844256778 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definite encyclopaedie of the UK's kit car industry since 1949. Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 9781844256778 , p. 69.