To celebrate the British International Motor Show this year we picked our 100 best British cars. Check out our selection to help you choose your favourite home-grown motor.
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85 Frazer-Nash TT Replica (page 10 of 25)
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Archie Frazer-Nash, formerly of GN Cyclecars, took to making sports cars once the Austin Seven had wiped out the cyclecar market. His Fast Tourer and Super Sports models from 1925 to 1930 sold well, but the TT Replica, produced after the marketing-savvy Aldington family took over the firm in 1929, is the best known. All pre-war Frazer-Nashes retained the cyclecars' chain-drive transmission; anachronistic even then, but enabling super-quick gear changes. The TT Replica had a Meadows engine that made 55bhp for the road, but more in supercharged racing form, and there was a six-cylinder unit too. Although an affordable, simple vehicle, it had some rallying success. In the late 30s the Aldingtons took to importing BMWs and after the war made BMW 328-based models with Bristol engines.
