Lanchester 'Eighteen' Saloon Motor Car
Lanchester 'Eighteen' saloon car, 1937. The car has flat floors, a sunshine roof, and comfortable seating for four persons.
The overhead valve engine has six cylinders with a bore of 72 mm, a stroke of 105 mm and a total capacity of 2565 cc, developing 19.3hp. The compression ratio is 6 to 1. An S.U. carburettor and a Lucas ignition coil are fitted.
The transmission incorporates a Daimler type of fluid flywheel used in conjunction with a Wilson epicyclic, pre-selector, four-speed gearbox.
This Lanchester car weighs 32 ½ cwt., has a top speed of 65 mph and a fuel consumption of approximately 18 mpg.
Reg: EKJ614
Chassis no: 13380
Engine no: 81261
More
The Lanchester Engine Company Ltd was started in 1899 by three brothers: George, Frederick and Frank Lanchester. Frederick Lanchester was one of the most influential automobile engineers of the 19th and 20th century. He remained heavily involved with Lanchester on a consultancy basis after his official departure from the company in 1909. In 1931 Lanchester Motor Company merged with the British Daimler company, which was owned by BSA, with George and Frank continuing to work for Daimler. This Lanchester Eighteen saloon is an example of the first Lanchester model to come out of Daimler, still designed by George Lanchester, and produced between 1932 and 1940. However George left in 1932 and by 1956 the Lanchester marque was no longer used.
- Measurements:
-
overall: 1740 mm x 1720 mm x 4760 mm,
- Materials:
- metal (ferrous) , aluminium alloy , copper (alloy) , chromium plated , wood (unidentified) , glass , rubber (unidentified) , leather , textile and plastic (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- 1965-163/1
- type:
- car
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
