The unusual - possibly unique - vehicle offered here is based on a pre-war Lanchester Ten, although the style of the seven-eater coachwork suggests that the conversion was not carried out 'in period' but is later.

Introduced in 1932 and the smallest ever Lanchester, the Ten was unique in its class at the time, having both a Daimler fluid flywheel and Wilson pre-selector gearbox, a combination it shared with other Daimler and Lanchester models of the period.

The engine was a 1.2-litre (later 1.4-litre) four-cylinder overhead-valve unit producing 34bhp at 4,000rpm.

The car had an adequate performance with a top speed of just over 60mph (96km/h).

With their coachbuilt bodies and advanced specification, the various versions of the Ten were considerably more expensive than many of their rivals: the £325 fixed-head coupé costing £110 more than the equivalent Morris Ten-Four, for example.

The Ten remained in the Lanchester catalogue until 1939 with over 12,000 sold.

First registered in ...