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1947 Lanchester

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My first car was a second hand Lanchester (Built in Birmingham) I was told it was called a poor mans Rolls Royce! It had pre selector gear box and wooden floor boards.
 
Many years ago a friend of mine had a Lanchester LD10 with Briggs of Dagenham bodywork, like this one. More recently a chap in Yardley had an identical one but with a Morris Marina engine and gearbox fitted.
 
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Ray said:
My first car was a second hand Lanchester (Built in Birmingham) I was told it was called a poor mans Rolls Royce! It had pre selector gear box and wooden floor boards.
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Didn't Lanchester become part of the Daimler group of companies,which in turn was bought out by Jaguar ?...................Mal.
 
Lloyd said:
Many years ago a friend of mine had a Lanchester LD10 with Briggs of Dagenham bodywork, like this one. More recently a chap in Yardley had an identical one but with a Morris Marina engine and gearbox fitted.
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Another thought,I seem to remember that Briggs built the bodies for the Ford Pilot,and eventually were bought out by Ford.This in turn led to supply difficulties for Jowett Motors of Bradford,who were being supplied with body shells for the 'Javelin' saloon by Briggs,and this was apparently one of the reasons for the demise of Jowett as a car manufacturer............Mal.
 
Correct, Mal. I've heard stories of yards and fields around Bradford full of stored Javelin bodies near the end of production. Jowett were unable to afford redesigning the car for another body manufacturer (I assume Ford took the design rights of the bodies in the buy-out and wouldn't let a competitor use them - Daimer/Lanchester went to Barker for the Lanchester LD10) and closed soon afterwards.
 
Briggs supplied Jowett with a number of bodies per month when Ford took over they delivered all the bodies in one lot, this swamped the small Bradford Jowett factory and they closed down. The bodies were clamped into a turnover jig and when the body was upsidedown the transmission and engine were put into the body it was turned right way up and wheeled away to be upholstered and trimmed. Len.
 
Thanks all for your interest and information on the Lanchester, its been a great help.
Cheers Ray
 
In 1924 Frederick Lanchester built a house to his own design (Dyott End) in Oxford Road, Moseley. The couple remained there for the rest of their life together but had no children.

The house in Oxford Rd now has a Civic society plaque on it:

His brother George lived in Dyott Rd just behind his brothers house. This also has a Civic Society plaque on it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Lanchester#cite_note-1
 
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