LuMo Conversions

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Anyone got any info on these cars i think all LuMo cars were fords

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As we tested the LuMo car last month there is no point in describing it at great length, but from our experience we can say that there are a couple of advantages in owning the V6 Capri, rather than a similarly-powered Cortina or Escort. These boil down to the fact that the Capri was designed with the Zodiac engine in mind so that it feels very well balanced with a V6 engine installed. The other major advantage is one of silent progress at 100 m.p.h. and over; this can be attributed to the cleaner aerodynamic shape. I have no doubts, though, that if a door was fitted carelessly this advantage would soon be lost, and the writer has tried Capris that were well below standard.

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Now this is a real rare one

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I beleive the LuMo 1600e cortinas were fitted with the twin cam engine and i also beleive there were 8 ford capris by LuMo with the same twin cam engine

[MarkwG]

MarkwG said:

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Anyone got any info on these cars i think all LuMo cars were fords

As a starter for ten: bear in mind, I was a teenager back then, so memories are a bit fuzzy! I recall LuMo being the "go faster" brand for Tricentrol Ltd, who were the local Bedfordshire Ford dealer in the '70s & '80s. My Dad bought at least one of his Fords from them. I probably saw some of their cars, but wouldn't really know what I was looking at, excepting a "LuMo 105" badged mk1 Fiesta. This was around the time Dad bought his first Sierra in probably 1982/83. If I could insure it, I would have bought it. So I think it was a Ford thing, possibly to keep up with Shaw & Kilburn, who were the big DTV dealer locally. Happy to be corrected.

Article on the back story of Tricentrol here - https://rustyoldrubbish.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-tri...

Edited to add && correct - https://www.fiesta-mk1.co.uk/magazine_articles/mag...

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Thanks mark i bet that little festa was a flyer

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The Luton Motor Company LUMO don’t appear to have been around for long. I know that they were owned by an oil company and that two of the owners were mentioned by name in one magazine road test.

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Wish they still wrote road tests like that these days. Shows how far cars have changed.

Edited by CoupeKid on Saturday 21st June 12:51

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