LT was a Swedish

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made by Anders Rudolf Lindström, Gottfrid Hansson and Simon Resare. It got its name from the initials of "Lindström and Torsby" the designer Anders Rudolf Lindström and

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in northern

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, Sweden, but it was nicknamed "Långsam tillverkning" (Swedish for "slow production"). Car production was first planned in 1909 or possibly earlier, but this first car wasn't a success. In 1923 they made a second model. It had a painted grille, raked windscreen and the design may have been inspired by French cars like the

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. It was powered by an air-cooled, two-cylinder engine of their own design and cast at Solbergs Mekaniska in

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. The engine produced 20 HP and was connected to a three-speed gearbox driving the front wheels. The chassis was made of steel tubing and the bodywork of

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. A series of 50 cars was planned, but money was a problem. A car dealer approached Lindström wanting to hire him for his own production, but Lindström declined the offer hoping for better days to come but the workshop was destroyed in a fire and that was the end of LT with only three cars made. The rights were taken over by a company in

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for a modest sum. Today all that remains are some photos, one engine and some casting models at Torsby Fordonsmuseum.LT, Cars/Sweden, Konditori 100s Garage
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Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Sweden Torsby Municipality Companies based in Värmland County 20th century in Värmland County