9th September 2017
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This year, we’re delighted to be taking part in the Heritage Open Days programme and on Saturday our expert Chris Clark is diplaying his one-of-a-kind Lanchester Leda roadster outside Coventry Transport Museum alongside many other Coventry marques.
As well as our usual exhbition, there is a special display of some documents and treasures Coventry University’s archives on the third floor of the Lanchester Library. Photographs, brochures and letters help to tell the story of the institution in its many guises through the years. See more pictures below.
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Frederick Lanchester’s legacy is worldwide. Learn more about our archive, how the Indian Maharajas favoured the Lanchester cars over Rolls Royce & how the Peaky Blinders series took inspiration from the influential members of the Lanchester family. Coventry University’s Lanchester […]
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