Frazer-Nash 1924-1959 - Le Mans and Targa Florio winner

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Frazer-Nash 1924-1959 - Le Mans and Targa Florio winner

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Created in 2015

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Roger Gloor

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Frazer Nash Le Mans Coupé (1955) - originally ordered by Kitty Maurice of Castle Combe

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Frazer-Nash Mille Miglia from 1951, (6 cyl., 1971 cm3, 111 hp)

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Frazer Nash Saloon 'The Owlett' (1928) - participant in the race for the Brookland Trophy at the Goodwood Revival 2012

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H.R.G Frazer Nash (1930) - at the Klausenrennen 2013 in the regularity classification

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H.R.G Frazer Nash (1930) - at the Klausenrennen 2013 in the regularity classification

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Mille Miglia 2012 - BMW 328 Frazer Nash (1938) - Futa Passo

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BMW 328 Frazer Nash (1938) - at the 1000 Mile Trial 2015

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Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica (1952) - Overall winner Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica with drivers Larry Kulok and Harry Grey (12 Hours of Sebring 1952)

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Frazer Nash Le Mans Rep (1952) - Le Mans Classic 2014 - Plateau 2

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Frazer-Nash Mille Miglia (1950) - very open

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Frazer Nash Sebring (1954) - at the Arosa ClassicCar hill climb 2011 (starting number 321)

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Frazer Nash Sebring (1954) with starting number 321 at the Arosa ClassicCar hill climb 2011

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Frazer Nash Le Mans Touring Coupé (1953) - at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1953

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Frazer-Nash V8 Continental (1957) - luxurious coupé

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Summary

There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. The production of Franz Nash vehicles began in 1924, 9 years later the cooperation with BMW started. This resulted in many successful models that were able to celebrate major victories in the Le Mans and Targa-Florio races. However, after the war, the brand was increasingly taken over by BMW and the last Franz Nash with a BMW V8 engine was built in 1959.

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Production of the brand founded by Archie Frazer Nash in 1924 went to the Falcon Works in Isleworth, Middlesex in 1925. These were taken over by the Aldington brothers = AFN Ltd. in 1926. The four and six-cylinder engines came from Coventry-Simplex, Anzani, Meadows and Blackburne. There were 1.5 L and larger engines, OHC, DOHC and supercharged versions, depending on the buyer's wishes. Under the brothers Aldington and A. F. P. Fane brothers, who raced themselves, Frazer Nash became a byword for traditional English sports and racing cars. In 1933, a collaboration with BMW began, resulting in the modern Frazer Nash (from 1938 with a dash) of the Type 328. Until the Second World War, the power transmission of the in-house models worked with one chain for each of the four gears and without a differential!

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