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◊ 2010-04-30 20:18 |
The vehicle details for JE 3210 are: Date of Liability 01 07 2010 Date of First Registration 27 02 1937 Year of Manufacture 1937 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1301CC Vehicle Colour BLUE |
◊ 2010-04-30 21:08 |
Seems to be Lanchester 11 "Eleven", although odd cylinder capacity. -- Last edit: 2010-04-30 21:09:06 |
◊ 2010-04-30 21:14 |
From the same car in the 'Poirot' listing for 'JE 3210' /vehicle_155612-Lanchester-1937.html So larger than an 'Eleven' I think? |
◊ 2010-04-30 21:21 |
We have discussed the DVLA inaccuracies in these entries before. The Lanchester 11 used the same engine as the 1936 10, which was of 1,444 cc. If you young chaps have not encountered the RAC Horsepower before, it is a calculated figure based upon the cylinder bore of the engine and the number of cylinders and bears no resemblance to the actual power developed by the engine. |
◊ 2010-04-30 21:27 |
Fourteen Road Rider has longer bonnet for 6-in-line engine: Link to "www.dloc.org.uk" |
◊ 2010-04-30 21:29 |
If it's a 14, and if those are wire wheels, then the engine capacity is a 1527cc six cylinder, if they are pressed steel wheels, then the engine has increased to 1809cc. |
◊ 2010-04-30 21:37 |
In the 'Poirot' image it seems rather clearer that JE 3210 has wire wheels. |
◊ 2010-04-30 21:37 |
They appear to be wire wheels... but I'm unable to say if the bonnet length is valid for a 6-cylinder engine? |
◊ 2010-04-30 21:38 |
Hello chris40 same observation . |
◊ 2010-04-30 21:41 |
Great minds ... It's quite a small six-cylinder engine; I don't see that it might not be a six. -- Last edit: 2010-04-30 21:44:03 |
◊ 2010-04-30 22:02 |
Or is it a Lanchester 10 Saloon 1344cc as here. (I'm not saying it is I'm just so confused trying to guess the size?) http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C139395/# |
◊ 2010-04-30 22:09 |
Is it possible this plates belong to same owner's Lanchesters collection? And serve in different cars? -- Last edit: 2010-04-30 22:11:01 |
◊ 2010-04-30 22:38 |
You can't drive different cars on the same plates in the UK, but perhaps someone who owns several Lanchesters lent plates from non-running cars to use as props. |
◊ 2010-04-30 23:58 |
I have just returned from the pub; no chaps, it is definitely not the retired colonel's transportation prayer, a Lanchester 10. That would have had a flatter radiator with a more noticeable rearward slope. There was a vogue for pint sized (pub again) six cylinder engines in the thirties, the Wolseley Hornet being the leader at 1271cc, the Triumph Scorpion, 1203cc, and the Standard Little Twelve, 1337cc being others. |
◊ 2010-06-22 15:35 |
Hello All, For your info, the Lanchester shown IS a 1937 Lanchester LA-14 'Roadrider'... Do not confuse this with the 1938 LA14-2 'Roadrider' DeLuxe - which was a physically bigger/longer car, with a much more sloping back-end... -- Last edit: 2010-06-22 15:37:11 |
◊ 2017-02-02 20:11 |
Also in episode 4.02 'Bad Blood'; vehicle listing combined after identification. 00:17:19 A 'filming of Foyle's War' shot of the same car. -- Last edit: 2017-02-23 19:29:40 |
◊ 2018-02-19 02:46 |
The Lanchester 11hp (LA11) & 14hp Roadrider (LA14/1) share the same bonnet assembly! -- Last edit: 2018-02-19 02:46:41 |