I can not think the owner of this car will be too worried about paying for the ticket,
speaking of expensive cars you could have bought a row of houses for the cost of this one when it was new, at £1,200, it is a Lanchester made in 1912, unusual in so far that Lanchester was one of the very few companies that made their own engine, chassis and coachwork, built for the Maharaja of Rewa it is only one of three still known to have survived, the 38 horsepower State Limousine was capable of doing 60mph, it appears the Maharajah was impressed with this car, he later ordered a 40hp Lanchester as its successor, if you are interested in becoming its new owner, have a few readies standing by, it is being sold by a collector at the Bonhams sale at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge, Surrey, on December 1, guide price about £100,000,
although many may never of heard of the Lanchester car, Fred, one of the three Lanchester brothers was considered to be one of the world's geniuses, Britain's Leonardo da Vinci, and is so highly regarded in Japan that over 3 million books have been sold, containing information derived from Lanchester research,
some of their clam to fame is that they designed hundreds of inventions and designs for cars such as disc brakes, rack & pinion steering, turbo charging, power steering, 4-wheel drive and even the humble accelerator pedal, apart from designing the first, all-British motor boat, to the first, all-British, 4-wheel motor car, to the fundamentals of flight, warfare and strategic planning, to music, colour photography and petrol-electric hybrid cars, yes you read that right, petrol-electric hybrid cars! geniuses, all of them.
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