LMX Sirex 2300 HCS - Italian designer sports bike with Ford engine

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS - Italian designer sports bike with Ford engine

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Created on November 27, 2019

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1970) - as Coupé and Cabriolet

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - excerpt from the brochure

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LMX Sirex 2300 hcs (1973) - Auto e Moto d'Epoca in Padua 2019

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LMX 2300 HCS Stradale Sirex (1973) - rare plastic coupé - Auto d'Epoca Padova 2015

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LMX 2300 HCS Stradale Sirex (1973) - you have to look closely - Auto d'Epoca Padova 2015

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LMX 2300 HCS Stradale Sirex (1973) - elegantly designed cockpit - Auto d'Epoca Padova 2015

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - At a trade fair

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - The convertible, called Spider, with hardtop

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - The LMX was a much-noticed car at the motor shows - but it was not a sales success

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - Rectangular headlights became fashionable

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - Probably at the 1968 Turin Motor Show, when LMX couldn't (or didn't want to) afford a stand, and simply parked a Coupé and a Spider in front of the halls

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - From this wide-angle perspective, it looks more bullish than it is

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - The hinges of the glass tailgate were attached with special Loctite adhesive

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - Elegant, simple cockpit

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - Individual design in the interior

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - The six-cylinder engine from the Ford Taunus, here with the May turbocharger

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - The plastic bodies in the factory

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - Press text typed on a typewriter

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LMX Sirex 2300 HCS (1968) - Letter to the Automobil Revue, publisher of the Geneva Motor Show catalog

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Summary

Less than fifty vehicles are said to have been produced by LMX Automobile S.R.L. (Linea Moderna Executive) between 1968 and 1974. The company founded by Michel Liprandi and Giovanni Mandelli only produced one model, the Sirex designed by Franco Scaglione. The lightweight, attractive sports coupé with a Ford engine was a serious sports car with potential. In terms of price, it was on a par with an Alfa Romeo 1750 Coupé Veloce or the Lancia Fulvia, but its performance was not on a par with its famous competitors, and unfortunately it was not a success.

This article contains the following chapters

Plastic bodywork
Big premiere
Two body variants
Innovative attachment of the tailgate
Old acquaintance under the hood
Small and light
Prizes for the other athletes
And then it was over

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The company LMX Automobile S.R.L. Milano (Linea Moderna Executive) was founded in Milan in 1967 by Michel Liprandi and Giovanni Mandelli. The two friends wanted to fulfill their dream of building their own sports car and commissioned Franco Scaglione to design a sports car called Sirex. Scaglione, who had previously worked for Bertone on legendary designs for the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale and Lamborghini 350 GTV, worked with the up-and-coming designer Ivo Barison to give the Sirex a classic sports car look that still looks attractive today. Liprandi had been working with plastic since the International Exhibition of Plastics in Paris in 1949 and later gained experience in the production of fiberglass bodies with his company Limaplas, including for De Tomaso, small series manufacturers and design studios, for which he built bodies for concept cars. It was therefore clear to him that the Sirex should not have a heavy sheet metal body, but a lightweight and relatively easy to manufacture plastic skin.

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