Registration No: VAS 796
Chassis No: 28937
MOT: Exempt

• Attractive two-door, four-seater Sports Saloon Coachwork by Mulliner's of Birmingham
• Barn find example having been unearthed recently following some 25 years of storage
• A potentially rewarding restoration project and offered without reserve

The Lanchester Ten shared its basic chassis with the BSA Ten, which would be announced the following month, the Lanchester Ten launched in September 1932. Part of the thinking behind BSA's acquisition of Lanchester was, in consideration of the international economic depression, to extend the BSA group's range of cars into the sectors between those filled by Daimler and the three-wheeled 'cars' of BSA Cars without affecting Daimler's super-luxury image. Quite different from previous Lanchesters, the Ten was the second (it followed the Lanchester 15/18) of Lanchester's new owners’ new Daimler-linked Lanchester range. The smallest Lanchester ever produced became far too expensive for the size of car it was, few were sold and production ended in 1951, it was also the one produced in the greatest numbers, with approximately 12,250 sold.

Chassis number 28937 was manufactured in 1936 and supplied to Mulliner's (of Birmingham) who provided the attractive two-door, four-seater Sports Saloon coachwork (body number 30552) that the Lanchester is still presented in today. Believed to have been registered ‘FF 4603’ when new, chassis 28937 survived World War Two and is subsequently understood to have been acquired into the possession of a funeral director, being retained by them for a number of years. Finished in two-tone Black and Grey by this stage, with an insignia painted on the doors, the Ten now displays delightfully patinated seats in Brown leather upholstery. Thought to have been off the road for around twenty-five years, the Lanchester was unearthed from storage last year. Showing just two former keepers on HPI and now registered ‘VAS 796’, the Lanchester is ripe for restoration and is temptingly offered without reserve.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452