Out In Front The Leslie Ballamy Story

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A new publication ’the only biography of a brilliant and versatile inventor and automotive engineer whose skills had a major impact on the British motorsport scene both before and after the Second World War. ’Out in front’ was the trading slogan of Leslie Ballamy’s LMB companies, whose suspension, engine and transmission conversions became a passport to success. Customers for his ’go-faster’ conversions were not only on race tracks, hill climbs, trials venues, but also on the road. Perhaps he is best known for ’inventing’ the split front axle. giving independent suspension to the Ford transverse sprung cars.