Original Vintage & Restored Leather Keyrings for Classic Cars & Motorcycles

Les Leston Accessories - original late 1960s/ early 1970s Melsom Products vitreous enamel badge remounted onto a new leather keyfob

£145.00

1 in stock

An original vintage Les Leston Accessories keyfob badge which will have been produced in the 1960s which we have remounted onto a new leather keyfob as can be seen in the photos.

When this keyring with this badge has been sold this listing will be cancelled.

An original Les Leston Accessories keyfob badge made for Les Leston Accessories by the well known Melsom Products Ltd of Birmingham who were the main producer of automotive keyrings in England in the 1960s & early 1970s .

We have listed very few original Les Leston Accessories keyrings over the years  – these keyrings are rare.

By the late 1960s or early 1970s it may be that Les Leston was no longer producing his own keyrings – but was having them made on his behalf by Melsom Products Ltd. or others .

The remounted badge in this listing is in excellent condition – probably new old stock.

Les Leston was a larger than life character who served in WWII as a mid-upper gunner in an Avro Lancaster bomber – unlike many of his colleagues he survived and then went on to embark on a career as a racing driver.

Originally racing a Jaguar SS100 he then went onto drive for Lotus and Aston Martin .

After escaping from a serious crash during a race at Caen in 1958 he went on to concentrate on developing his motorcar accessories business – Les Leston Accessories – which became very well known for marketing high quality motoring accessories in the 1960s and 1970s.

The range of accessories included steering wheels, gear lever knobs, mirrors, etc and also gloves and flame proof clothing .

Many of the accessories were aimed at Jaguar cars and owners and Bud Marston has devoted a couple of pages of his ‘Vintage Jaguar Keyrings’ book to describing the life & times of Les Leston together with descriptions of the products .