The Lea-Francis Owners' Club is fortunate to have the dedicated support of a highly experienced committee.
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President
Barrie Price 
Nobody knows more about Lea-Francis cars, their history, their design, and how to keep them going. Directly involved with the cars from the age of 15, he bought the assets of the car division in 1962, and since then has provided an excellent spares, repairs and restoration service, as well as producing a number of new cars of distinction. He has somehow found time to acquire great expertise on Bugatti and Jaguar as well, and ran a Rolls-Royce and Bentley service facility for 40 years.
A man of meticulous taste, he is still approachable and helpful to anyone experiencing problems with a Lea-Francis.
Chairman
Allan Lupton
Gave himself his first Lea-Francis for his 21st birthday, a 2½ litre Sports which he wore out in 5 years commuting, rallying and sprinting. Followed 20 years later by the 1938 12.9hp Corsica-bodied Sports, which he still owns and rallies with success. Joining the Club in 1959 he was Secretary 3 years later, subsequently Treasurer, then most notably Editor of The LeaFlet from 1982 to 2000, making it into one of the best small club’s magazines. With a background in the aircraft industry, he has a firm grasp of engineering principles.
Vice-Chairman
Mike Neale
A retired solicitor, Mike came later to Lea-Francis, but has made up for lost time with great enthusiasm and now has three vintage examples, including a splendidly rebuilt Hyper with which he competes in hill climbs and sprints, and a P type for navigational rallies.
General Secretary & LeaFlet Editor
Robin Sawers
eMail: secretary@lfoc.org
In earlier years dared to own other makes but kept coming back to LeaFs, both vintage and post-war, from a 1926 J type to a 1949 14hp estate, all used as everyday transport. Returning to vintage L-F ownership in 1982, he found himself Secretary of the Club a year later, and has enjoyed watching the Club go from strength to strength and gaining so many friends world-wide.
Competition Secretary
Graham Williams - new appointment
Membership Secretary
Barny Creaser
A keen member for a number of years, Barny started with a 14hp special and graduated to the 14hp Sports he still has. He has already served as Competition Secretary, and since April 2006 handles membership matters.
Regalia Sales
Colin Daw
Colin joined in 1995 on purchasing his trusty 1928 P type, and has always tried to make himself useful. Colin handles sales of Club regalia as well as the Jubilee Book stock.
Treasurer
Gillian Creaser
Gillian faithfully accompanies husband Barny (Membership Secretary) to meetings. Treasurer since April 2006, she is the first one we have had with actual accountancy qualifications.
Spares Secretary
Peter Baston
eMail: spares@lfoc.org
Peter has been Spares Secretary since 2005. Peter is a well known figure in the Club who has contributed so much, not only as Competition Secretary, but with help and advice for so many members, and as organiser of the NEC shows and the Jubilee events among others. His two 14 Sports are both superb restorations and probably the best sorted examples of the model, and he now has a Hyper as well in need of complete restoration.
Registrar (pre-1937)
Colin Poynter
eMail: pre37registrar@lfoc.org
Son of former Chairman Keith, Colin raced a Hyper with much success until a serious accident damaged it, the same car in which he attended his first race meeting at the age of six months. Like his father, always drove the car to meetings. Growing up in a house with pictures and books on Lea-Francis everywhere, he was already knowledgeable at an early age, and study of the old records has deepened that knowledge since taking on the Register in 1989.
Registrar (post-1937)
Chris Moseley
eMail: post37registrar@lfoc.org
Arriving from his native Australia as an impecunious student in 1974, Chris bought his first Lea-Francis 14hp saloon and joined the Club. A great enthusiast for the post-war cars, he was the ideal person to take on the Register in 1989. He owns a 14hp four-light saloon (damaged in a fire) and also has the rare six-light version.
Librarian
Sean Davies - new appointment
We have been without a specialist Librarian for several years, the material being split between the two Registrars, so we are very pleased that it can all be under one roof again. It is Sean's laudable intention to scan all the material so it can be made available on disc (or printed out if required). He has had his first 14 saloon for many years, and more recently added a tuned version and a 14hp Sports to the collection.
11-2007 LFOC