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The Lammas-Graham was an anglicised version of the American Graham car, built to satisfy the requirements of British sports-car enthusiasts. It first appeared in 1936, and a perfectly standard model covered nearly 76 miles in the hour at Brooklands, in the hands of Charles Follett. The six-cylinder 3679-c.c. (82.5 x 114.3-mm.) side-valve engine was provided with a centrifugal supercharger, driven through skew gears and a vertical shaft, and produced over 128 b.h.p. at 4,400 r.p.m. Standard gear ratios were 4.27, 6.61 and 10.97 to 1, and maximum speed was just over 90 m.p.h. The front end of the frame was stabilised by torsion bars, connected by arms to the front axle. Semi-elliptic springs, controlled by tele-control shock absorbers, were used for the suspension.
For the rest, the car was largely Graham, except for the very specialised coach work. In addition to the open sports fourseater, closed cars were also marketed. The Lammas-Graham had an excellent reputation for reliability at sustained high speeds, and a complete freedom from the rolling which standard U.S. high-performance cars tend to suffer from unless the suspension is considerably modified. |
