The demise of Lynx replicas
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After many years of discussion and hope that the name of Lynx would rise like the Phoenix, it is sad to report that I believe all hope has now been extinguished, There have bee a few attempts including a few cars built in Czechoslovakia and recently a new unit opened in Browns Lane Coventry, latterly the home of Jaguar and the Jaguar Museum until sold for a building site. However, that unit is now empty and phone calls are transferred. As the owner of three Lynx cars over the years, I was hopeful of seeing an XKSS and even possibly an Eventer, but I know now that my hope was in vain.
It is always a shame when small manufacturers fall by the wayside but unfortunately in these tough times it is more likely to happen than not.
If you are at all familiar with the demise of TVR who had a strong customer base and money behind them if they could not get going again what hope have the smaller builders got.
If you are at all familiar with the demise of TVR who had a strong customer base and money behind them if they could not get going again what hope have the smaller builders got.
Longnose said:
That's a surprise! It seems only weeks ago that you visited them. I remember a picture of a C-Type on one of the FB groups and reports of an XKSS and other projects soon to be revealed. It seems to have fallen apart very quickly.
We still have hope of course, but getting funding is very difficult.I did quite a bit of work with Lynx around 20 years ago. They had some really experienced & talented people back then, most of which moved on & started their own businesses once the company changed hands. One of them described the business as having become 'the Tetra Pak family garage ..! '
They pioneered a lot of stuff and probably invented the 'tool room copy;' something that has become the mainstay of historic racing. They deserve their place in history, and everything I saw was very nice.
They pioneered a lot of stuff and probably invented the 'tool room copy;' something that has become the mainstay of historic racing. They deserve their place in history, and everything I saw was very nice.
That was probably up to 2002 when they folded, being reborn in Czechoslovika in about 2005. They built five rather poor XKSS models before folding. The old MD of Lynx quit in 1999 a d founded CKL Developments Ltd and took a number of old Lynx with him. Some of them are still with him.
lowdrag said:
That was probably up to 2002 when they folded, being reborn in Czechoslovika in about 2005. They built five rather poor XKSS models before folding. The old MD of Lynx quit in 1999 a d founded CKL Developments Ltd and took a number of old Lynx with him. Some of them are still with him.
Yes, it would have been around 2000 / 2001. Chris Keith Lucas, Andrew, and Tim Card were great guys to work with. Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff