A pair of Lanchesters notch up yet another London to Brighton Veteran Car Run

6th November 2017

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A 1901 and and 1904 Lanchester completed the historic London to Brighton Veteran Car Run without “missing a beat”.
With a combined age of almost 230, the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust’s brace of Lanchesters were loaded up on Friday…

The Trust’s 1901 Lanchester all loaded up on our trailer ready to go down for the #LondontoBrighton run this weekend. pic.twitter.com/TnyaorGIP1

— JDHT (@jdht_gaydon) 3 November 2017

And shown off to the press and public on Saturday…

Rain stopped so tarp no longer needed. 1904 Lanchester in all its glory pic.twitter.com/iifQlNPcpL

— JDHT (@jdht_gaydon) 4 November 2017

Our Lanchester Meister Eric Baptiste being interviewed in #RegentStreet about the Trust’s 1901 Lanchester pic.twitter.com/tKoWHxYi0W

— JDHT (@jdht_gaydon) 4 November 2017

Before an early start on Sunday…

The Trust’s 1901 Lanchester leaving Hyde Park on the #LondontoBrighton run pic.twitter.com/uDyQULF2PT

— JDHT (@jdht_gaydon) 5 November 2017

A small adjustment to the brakes…

Minor adjustment to the brakes on our 1904 Lanchester and we’re off again pic.twitter.com/ovdJrV8VPQ

— JDHT (@jdht_gaydon) 5 November 2017

and a pit-stop at the halfway point to exchange notes on the performance of these fantastically engineered cars, still going strong after over 100 years on the road…

The Trust’s 1900 Daimler and 1904 Lanchester at the halfway stop at Honda Crawley on the #londontobrighton run. All running well. pic.twitter.com/aWB88qiGQt

— JDHT (@jdht_gaydon) 5 November 2017

Before arriving triumphantly in glorious sunshine in Brighton

Mission accomplished ! What a fantastic run. Thanks to @VeteranCarRun @TheMotoringNews @jdht_gaydon pic.twitter.com/zWt0QrLGMy

— Michael Quinn (@mikeq41) 5 November 2017

Driver and navigator of the 1901 FRW766 Mike Quinn was full of praise for the car…

Great job by @jdht_gaydon. 1901 Lanchester never missed a beat and was a pleasure to conduct @lanchester_ia

— Michael Quinn (@mikeq41) 5 November 2017

Well done to all the drivers, navigators and support teams for another successful run and especially to the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust for lovingly keeping both cars in such tip-top condition so that they can demonstrate the outstanding engineering over 100 years since they were designed and produced.

In 1953, Fred’s younger brother George Lanchester (L with steering tiller) and elder brother Frank Lanchester drove the very same 1901 car at the Veteran Car Club’s Coronation Event in 1953.
And in one of his cartoons, Fred modestly poked fun at his own inventions – “What England thinks to-day Lanchester thought of years ago!”.

And what Lanchester created years ago, still performs spectacularly today!
 
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