Description One of only 126 made and 11 surviving; 4.4-litre straight-eight with dual ignition; expertly restored over a 30-year period; engineering to die for; all-aluminium coachwork; in regular use and driven to the sale; a magnificent machine on every level “The gentle giant under the bonnet is so strong, so well-knit, so supple, and of such instant obedience that the heaviest task seems mere child’s play.

At 70mph the pedal was not nearly down to the floor.

It is a car with a stride, and a big stride, coupled with brakes that make you feel like the Bank of England, the best I have met on any car.

Pressing the pedal is like pressing a cushion, and the brakes pull the car up with the gentle but firm insistence of an expert angler playing a trout.” Sunday Times, August 1929 .

“No other motorcar maker has ever received quite so much of the sincerest form of flattery as have Lanchester for their suspension system.

The car seems glued to the road, free of pitch or jolt at all speed...