Lanchester Thirty-Eight

Lanchester Thirty-Eight
Overview
Manufacturer - The Lanchester Motor Company Limited
Production - 1910-1914
Assembly - Sparkbrook, Birmingham
Designer - George Lanchester
Body and chassis
Class - luxury carriage
Body style - Tourer
Layout - FR layout (engine between driver and front seat passenger)
Powertrain
Engine - 4.856 L I6 Straight-six
Transmission - Lanchester patent compound epicyclic, 3-speeds and reverse, with separate high pressure lubricating system / Clutch-Lanchester multi-disc for direct drive
Dimensions
Wheelbase - 127.0 in (3,226 mm) (SWB) / 139.0 in (3,531 mm) (LWB) // Track = 58.0 in (1,473 mm)
Kerb weight - 35 long cwt (3,920 lb; 1,780 kg) (LWB with standard touring body)
Chronology
Predecessor - Twenty-Eight

Lanchester 38 hp
Overview
Manufacturer - The Lanchester Motor Company Limited
Production - 1910-1914
Layout
Configuration - 6-cylinder in-line
Displacement - 4,856 cubic centimetres (296 cu in)
Cylinder bore - 101 mm (4.0 in)
Piston stroke - 101 mm (4.0 in)
Block material - 1910-1912 cylinders cast singly / 1913-1914 in pairs
Valvetrain - Overhead, horizontal, 2 per cylinder, operated by rocking levers and flat plate springs / Twin camshafts in upper half of crankcase
Combustion
Fuel system - Lanchester patent wick fuel vapouriser / H.T. magneto and Bosch trembler coil for starting
Fuel type - Petrol
Cooling system - Honeycomb radiator, thermo-syphon, two fans
Chronology
Predecessor - 28 hp

The Lanchester Thirty-Eight was manufactured from 1910 to 1914 by the Lanchester Motor Company, located in Birmingham, England.
History
It was designed by the youngest brother, George Lanchester assisted by Frederick Lanchester acting as a consultant which was a reversal of their previous roles. By the end of 1913 Frederick Lanchester would cease to have any connection with the company at all.
However as the 38 hp was a development of the preceding 28 hp which was designed by Frederick this car may be said to have more of Fred than of George in it.

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