Lanchester
Frederick Lanchester was one of the great pioneering Engineers in the early ear of the motor car, not hampered by convention. Up to 1931 the cars were of the utmost quality but after the world financial depression things were difficult. BSA had taken over Daimler and Lanchester and although the cars were excellent they were made for these new more times. By the time the war was looming the Lanchesters were really badge engineered Daimlers. Post war there was a new 10hp which had been built for the intended 1940 season, with ifs coil suspension at te front, and a useful overhead valve engine, using a preselector gearbox driven via a fluid flywheel. The later 14hp was a 2 litre which lasted in production until 1954, but after this there were only a a couple of prototyped models that did not enter production, and after the mid 1950s the Lanchester name ceased. Today the University in Coventry is still named after Fred Lanchester.
