8861:LANCASTER MOTOR (2)
I hope it's this one
From the 1907 Olympia Industrial Vehicle Show:
Lancaster Motor Garage. Lancaster Gate W, Stand 63
This firm exhibits three vehicles of the smaller class, and a class that is destined to become a very large one. That is, it is no novice at the business is shown by one of the cars, which has been running for some 18 months, doing the firm's own work as a demonstration van. It has an 8 h.p. single-cylinder De Dion engine, and a capacity of about 7 cwt. The next machine is of the same power, but has a two cylinder Gnome engine, and is fitted with a neat and capacious box body suitable for parcels, travellers' samples, and so forth. Lastly, there is an open trolley with a four cylinder motor, and having a capacity of about 12 cwt. It is well adapted for milk traffic and similar work. All these cars have s cardan shaft drive and accumulator ignition., though magneto ignition can be substituted if required. A picture of the Lancaster Demonstration van is below (first pic).
Interestingly, in 1903, Mr. W.J. Masser, proprietor of Lancaster Motor Garage, was involved in another type of public exhibition, which put him in trouble with the law (next two pics).
Next, also in 1903, the The Motor-Car Journal, illuminating the confusion that surrounded the proliferation of vehicle manufacturers in the early 20th century, reported:
Some confusion having arisen as to the Lanchester car and the Lancaster Motor Garage, we are requested to state that the Lanchester Engine Company, Limited, and the Lancaster Motor Garage are in no way connected to each other. Finally, Lancaster Motor Garage was also a sales agent for Mass and De Dion-Bouton automobiles (last pic)
PJ: The detailed and organized fashion in which you keep track of all these makes, more than 100 years later, is a most impressive achievement indeed!
