Lancia’s powerful new 4,940cc Theta was displayed on the stands of W L Stewart & Co.

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(concessionaires) and Maythorn & Son, Ltd (coachbuilders) at the 1913 Motor Exhibition at Olympia.

Up-to-the-minute features included electric lighting and starting and the transmission brake was chain operated to equalise pressure on the drum.

Other interesting features included an adjustable rake steering column and the model came in two wheelbase lengths.

This car was bought new by Dr.

Eden, a Harley Street doctor, and was supplied by London concessionaires, W L Stewart & Co.

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of Piccadilly.

Dr.

Eden retained the car until 1920, trading it in that year with a dealer in Plymouth who sold the car to Dent’s Garage in Thurlstone.

The sturdy Lancia was used as a tow and repair van until 1961, when acquired jointly by the late Captain Clift and Oliver Gray.

The rear part of the coachwork had been removed, however the new owners’ researches led to information from W L Stewart & Co.

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