page_title: Lanchester Ten
section_title: LD10
hierarchical_section_title: Lanchester Ten / LD10
caption_attribution_description: English: Lanchester 4-door six-light saloon 1947 (Briggs body)(DVLA) first registered 14 April 1947, 1287ccCholmondeley Classic Car Show 01/09/2013
context_page_description: The Lanchester Ten and Lanchester Eleven were sold by The Lanchester Motor Company Limited from the Ten's announcement in September 1932 until 1951. Quite different from previous Lanchesters, the Ten was the second of Lanchester's new owner's new Daimler-linked Lanchester range. The names Ten and Eleven referred to the engine's rating for the annual tax and did not relate to the engine's power output.
  Part of the thinking behind BSA's acquisition of Lanchester was, in consideration of the international economic depression, to extend the BSA group's range of cars into the sectors between those filled by Daimler and the three-wheeled 'cars' of BSA Cars without affecting Daimler's super-luxury image.
  Ultimately the smallest Lanchester became far too expensive for the size of car it was, few were sold and production ended in 1951.
context_section_description: The Lanchester Ten, also known as the LD10, produced after the Second World War was presented as a compact companion model to the Daimler range, being "craftsman built" and among the smallest ever volume-produced cars from the firm. It was initially produced with a steel six-light body by Briggs Motor Bodies of Dagenham though this body suffered from erratic deliveries by Briggs and rust problems due to the grade of steel allocated by the government for their manufacture. From September 1949 the same chassis was instead fitted with coachbuilt Barker aluminium alloy sports saloon bodywork. Other body variations included an Abbott-bodied drophead coupe and Hooper-bodied van.
  The four-cylinder claimed a power output of 40 bhp (29.8 kW) at 4,200 rpm.  This was coupled through a fluid flywheel to an epicyclic preselector 4-speed gear box. Stopping power came from Girling mechanical brakes.
  The car was considered to be exceptionally smooth in operation, with reasonable performance for its time.
caption: Standard all-steel saloon, registered 14 April 1947
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