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Thanks to Larry Lewis for the following:

"This is my 1954 11B, Belgian built with Lambert Nivelles wheels and 15-6 bumpers. I bought it in 1983 as a pile of scrap and was going to use it for a parts car, but the owner of the auto body shop said it was restorable, so it was. Work started in April of 1984 and it was in its first show in May of 1986.

 

 

It was sold new at “Garage Imex” in Groningen, Holland. It is not known when it came to North America. It has a sliding aluminium sunroof, roll-up radiator shutter, VDO temp gauge and oil pressure gauge that are located to the left of the speedometer, and a Smith’s clock just to the left of the glove box. I don’t know if these are original but they do look it.

 

I have added an ID-19 block with the original 11D head. The modern drive shafts and clutch make it more relaxing to drive. I’ve added air horns, an upper cylinder lubricator and a South Wind gas heater. It has won prizes in the past, but is now approaching ‘older restoration” status so the body should be redone. I rebuilt the engine last year and had the crank and flywheel and the pistons and rods balanced and it runs smooth as hell!".

 

My 1954 Light 15: Sold new in South Africa and it spent 1975-76 in Botswana before coming to Canada in 1977.

 

 

 

It was put on the second story of a barn in the Gatineau hills near Ottawa. The bridge to the second floor had rotted away and the owner said that if I could get the car out it was mine for free. I had a bridge built in July of 2005 and had the car hauled out and we brought it back to Toronto where I rebuilt it mechanically and rewired it.

 

 

 A new headliner and carpet and that’s it until this past September when someone crashed into the rear end. Now it’s in the body shop being repaired, the seats are out for redoing and the bumpers are being re-plated.

 

 

Redoing the body will be easy as there is no rust whatsoever anywhere on the car.

 

 

The Barn!

 

Larry's "other" car (Click to open)

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