Not Sold • £12,000 - £15,000
1924 Lanchester 21hp Limousine
United Kingdom • 10 Dec 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1924 Lanchester 21hp Limousine, originally a press car for Lanchester, boasts a rich history with single-family ownership for over 50 years. While it features a body-off restoration from the 70s and recent recommissioning, some mechanical issues need attention, making it a project for a caring new owner.
Condition
6
The car has been restored and regularly used for many years, accumulating 28,000 miles since its restoration in the mid-1970s. It has been recently recommissioned after five years in storage. There are some minor issues, such as a leaking water pump and a coil ignition system that needed sorting. Overall, the car presents moderate wear but is in functional condition.
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Manual
Transmission:
3188
Chassis No:
Odometer:
28,000 miles
OM7597
Reg Number:
RHD/LHD:
[RHD/LHD]
Description In single-family ownership for 50+ years; restored in the mid-1970s and has covered 28k miles since; veteran of many Continental tours; just recommissioned following five years in storage; a rare top quality motorcar that runs very nicely Genius is a much over-used word but the Lanchester brothers displayed it in spades.
Prolifically inventive, George and Frederick filed hundreds of patents between them as they designed and constructed from scratch all the components needed to build Britain’s first ever petrol-powered four-seat passenger car, a feat they achieved in 1895.
Over the next 30 years they pioneered innumerable features that we now take for granted including turbochargers; fuel injection; disc brakes; epicyclic gearing; detachable wire wheels; stamped steel pistons; piston rings; hollow con rods; the torsional vibration damper and the harmonic balancer.
Indeed, Autocar once wrote that of the 36 primary features in modern motorcars, Frederick alone was responsib...
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on Apr 12 2013
Latest MOT Mileage
3,787 miles
Registration Date
1924-10-01
MOT History
Passed
On Apr 03 2012 with 3,787 miles
Passed
On Apr 12 2011 with 2,498 miles
Passed
On Apr 13 2010 with 1,637 miles
Passed
On Apr 08 2009 with 747 miles
There was 1 defect noted.
Advisory:
- Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
Passed
On Apr 04 2008 with 99,512 miles
Passed
On Apr 03 2007 with 98,945 miles
Passed
On Mar 09 2006 with 97,902 miles
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