For Sale Lanchester Shooting Brake - Probably Unique

[vulgalour]

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/167445/grandads-project-special-lanchester#.VDgtGGddWEw

 

 

 

 

Someone should purchase this, it's amazing.

[eddyramrod]

I should, look at the number plate!

[HillmanImp]

I would love that but enthusiasm and talent woukd beat me, mainly talent though.

[DSdriver]

No problem getting parts - just cut a tree down.

[Albert Ross]

The rear plate behind glass is a Daimler trait...... any idea on the coachbuilder?

[Lankytim]

The wooden frame is all rotten, the buyer should get safe style UK to fit some nice double glazing with UVPC frames for rot resistance. Plus if you do one side, the other side's FREE!

[They_all_do_that_sir]

The wooden frame is all rotten, the buyer should get safe style UK to fit some nice double glazing with UVPC frames for rot resistance. Plus if you do one side, the other side's FREE!

I would love to build a coach built PVC car. How awesome would that be?

 

Land rover 110 chassis and a shonky conservatory off gumtree would be an epic match

[Angrydicky]

Oh. Wow.

[twosmoke300]

Passed a flat bed with a caravan fitted on the back yesterday. Was on backwards . Didn't look too terrible actually

[Angrydicky]

I wonder how much he wants for it? Always had a soft spot for 40's and 50's Lanchesters, but I've never seen a shooting brake before. 

 

The conversion actually looks very well done. A lot of the backyard builds of the 50's were based on chassis cabs or pickups, bought directly from the factory and registered as a commercial to avoid paying purchase tax. But the LD10 was only ever available as a car, which means some substantial modification has been done to the bodyshell to make this conversion. It's possible it could be a one off by one of the big coachbuilding firms, a prototype that proved too expensive to put into prodduction. 

[Lankytim]

How much of a black art is car woodwork? Could a half skilled chippie do it?

[DSdriver]

I believe the wood of choice is ash. Make templates of the shapes first. 

 

Edited to add:

Maybe not a chippy, but a furniture maker.

[Sigmund Fraud]

This Lanchester could be a lovely car, but I wouldn't want to be the one restoring it...

 

I would love to build a coach built PVC car. How awesome would that be?

 

What you need is a Quasar-Unipower... Proof that the influence of psychedelic drugs went far beyond music in the 1960s.

[beko1987]

Marine ply and green ronseal? Or creosote?

[vulgalour]

I wouldn't be surprised if the wooden framework is all shot, either with rot or woodworm, but there's enough of it to take patterns from which is pretty vital with these sorts of projects.  The car bits all look like standard Lanchester and the glass is all flat and, if you check out the link, the interior is simple and in reasonable fettle from what you can see of it.  Wheel trims are apparently a little tricky to source.  Any old engine could be plonked in if another Lanchester lump can't be found, but I doubt the car would suffer from having a non-Lanchester lump in there, especially with it having to lug around all that extra timber.

 

Rather than spending a lottery win on a gauche Bentley, I'd far rather spend it on this.  Anyone got a winning lottery ticket they want to sell me for a shiny pound coin?

[eddyramrod]

The mechanical stuff is going to be relatively easy, although Lanchester were known for "interesting engineering." But there's knowledge out there, so no worries. What will put off a lot of people is the wood. That just takes patience and careful measuring. If I had somewhere to put this, I'd love it. Imagine how it would go with say, Sierra 2.0 running gear.............

[vulgalour]

Well I reckon you have to buy it anyway, Eddy, it has literally got your name on it as you pointed out earlier.

[eddyramrod]

Now stop that! I'm already coming back to this thread just to ogle the snaps. I'm handy with timber, and enjoy working it. However (and probably fortunately!) I have absolutely nowhere to put it, and not enough money. Has anyone asked him how much yet?

[vulgalour]

Theoretically I have somewhere to put it, but no woodworking skills and no money.  If we can find someone with money then I think we've sorted out your next daily, Eddy.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

This Lanchester could be a lovely car, but I wouldn't want to be the one restoring it...

 

 

What you need is a Quasar-Unipower... Proof that the influence of psychedelic drugs went far beyond music in the 1960s.

I WANT!

 

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/1968-quasar-unipower-the-car-to-be-seen-in/

[Micrashed]

How much of a black art is car woodwork? Could a half skilled chippie do it?

Depends on the skill level of you chippie. Bob is a joiner by trade and has re fabricated the Moggie 8's woodwork by hand and is now on with the 10-4 woodwork, if you have the machinery its not overly difficult - even I can do the straight bits.

Steaming and bending wood is more difficult, but he got round that by using seasoned oak and cutting to shape rather than ash and bending. Modern glues and laminating techniques also make fabrication a bit easier if you are not a purist.

 

Looking at that the most tricky section has got to be the piece under the roof line, I suspect that it was originally steamed and bent to a mould, but you could with a suitable piece of seasoned wood cut to shape, but there would be a lot of wastage. As a one off it probably wouldnt be much of an issue. If you dont have the skills though it will be time consuming and expensive I suspect to pay someone else £20-£30 an hour and materials.

[barrett]

I saw this in all of the three copies of Tailgate magazine I was sent this month. Deserves saving but you would need deep pockets unless you can do the woodwork yourself, and it will never be worth anything because it's on a dull chassis.

Clanfield Coachworks are the best people to do the job properly, but I hate to think what they charge by the hour

[filthyjohn]

Here's a better advert for it.

The swines are asking £offer$ for it, which makes me think they're expecting millions like when they found that old watch on only fools and horses.

 

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C548205

[overrun]

If anyone wants woodwork enthusiasm, check out the AEC Matador ep of Wreck Rescue.

The grooms dad re-made the entire timber cab frame and had never done similar before.