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11328 Lagonda?  [vandor] (Sun Aug  1 20:39:16 1999)
   11340 Re: Lagonda?  [JimFierst] (Mon Aug  2 10:24:57 1999)
      11342 Re: Lagonda?  [vandor] (Mon Aug  2 10:40:36 1999)
         11343 Re: Lagonda? I Was "Sort of" Right [JimFierst] (Mon Aug  2 11:53:40 1999)
            11352 Re: Lagonda? I Was "Sort of" Right [Strunz] (Mon Aug  2 16:17:18 1999)
            11359 Re: Lagonda? I Was "Sort of" Right [vandor] (Mon Aug  2 21:39:57 1999)
            11361 Found site, thanks  [vandor] (Mon Aug  2 22:42:58 1999)

Hello,

Yesterday as I was driving down the interstate I spotted an 
interesting car by the side of the road, and stopped to take a 
look.  Even from far away it looked European, probably early 
50's.  I really would like to find out what it is, here is what I 
know:
aluminum 2 door convertible body on wood frame (Touring 
superleggera?), 2 filler caps, one on each rear fender, 
6 cylinder DOHC engine with 2 sidedraft carbs, manual trans, 
Smiths instruments, 5 lug 16" wheels, inboard rear drum brakes on 
either independent or DeDion rear suspension.  On the oval brake 
pedal it says "Lagonda".  
AFAIK Lagonda is a british car company, that was bought by Aston 
Martin.  Any more info on this car would be appreciated.
BTW, the car needed a total resto, the guy whose property it was 
on said that the city was going to bulldoze his neighbor's house, 
and he was not going to leave this car in the garage, so he drag 
it onto his property.  He thought it was a 1955 Daimler, but I 
think he is wrong.
bye,

Csaba
______________________________________________
Csaba Vandor
Mechanical Power Technology graduate
Seeking employment!
Volvo enthusiast and Fiat fanatic
'84 Volvo 245Ti       '70 124 Spider 

Csaba .. Lagonda was purchased in about 1947 by Bavid Brown the 
then owner of Aston Martin . The "DB" in AM model designations 
stands for his name. My limited information says that the last 
Aston Martin/Lagondas were  race cars produced in 1954 as V12's 
Lagonda had a v12 just before WWII but may not have produced any 
cars after 1940.The vehicle you saw with the 6 cyl engine and De 
dion rear suspension probably was one that AM built. I suspect 
they just continued building the car after buying it and when 
they quit racing quit using the name and  probably stopped 
building the car... By the way was it for sale and how much..??
Just curious

Jim,

Thanks for the info!

:  By the way was it for sale and how much..??

I assume it is for sale, but would not know for how much.  The 
'owner' seemed to think it was something rare and valuable.  But 
as I said, he drag it out of a house's garage, so I'm sure he 
does not have a title for it.
bye,

Csaba
______________________________________________
Csaba Vandor
Mechanical Power Technology graduate
Seeking employment!
Volvo enthusiast and Fiat fanatic
'84 Volvo 245Ti       '70 124 Spider 

 I went to the Aston Martin Lagonda site and found that Lagonda 
became sort of a custom A/M  that are still available and 
built to order.. They had  a registery and pictures and I 
suspect the  if car you saw had clamshell fenders it  was a 
Series II with a 2.6 Liter engine designed by W.O.Bently before 
the 2nd WW. Nowhere did it say anything about a wooden frame.The 
Series II was produced from 47 to 53.. Cars later than that were 
all RHD.. Not many Lagondas were imported to the US .... I also 
checked out Daimler but my books are vague on it.. MG used wood 
in their cars as did Morgan . Not sure about any one else .Car 
mysteries are a lot more fun now that we have the net...


1982 Fiat Spider On the road but 4 how long  
1996 Bronco 4x4 
1998 Frod F150 4x4 

Jim in Colorado wrote:
:  I went to the Aston Martin Lagonda site and found that Lagonda 
: became sort of a custom A/M  that are still available and 
: built to order.. They had  a registery and pictures and I 
: suspect the  if car you saw had clamshell fenders it  was a 
: Series II with a 2.6 Liter engine designed by W.O.Bently before 
: the 2nd WW. Nowhere did it say anything about a wooden 
frame.The 
: Series II was produced from 47 to 53.. Cars later than that 
were 
: all RHD.. Not many Lagondas were imported to the US .... I also 
: checked out Daimler but my books are vague on it.. MG used wood 
: in their cars as did Morgan . Not sure about any one else .Car 
: mysteries are a lot more fun now that we have the net...
: 1982 Fiat Spider On the road but 4 how long  
: 1996 Bronco 4x4 
: 1998 Frod F150 4x4 

I would think that the "wooden frame" refered to the frame work  
which the body panels were mounted over and not the "frame"in  
which the engine and running gear are mounted. Wood frame work on 
which body work is mounted is a common "old time" technique, 
Morgan still uses it today.

Jim, 
:   They had  a registery and pictures and I 
: suspect the  if car you saw had clamshell fenders it  was a 
: Series II with a 2.6 Liter engine designed by W.O.Bently before 
: the 2nd WW. 

Thanks for the detective work!  Could you give an URL, please?  
I"ll do a search, but may not find it...

:Nowhere did it say anything about a wooden frame.

I didnt mean that the frame itself was made of wood, just parts 
of the body, to support the metal.

:The 
: Series II was produced from 47 to 53.. Cars later than that 
:were  all RHD..

This was RHD, should have mentioned it.
Thanks,

Csaba
______________________________________________
Csaba Vandor
Mechanical Power Technology graduate
Seeking employment!
Volvo enthusiast and Fiat fanatic
'84 Volvo 245Ti       '70 124 Spider 

Seeking employment!
Volvo enthusiast and Fiat fanatic
'84 Volvo 245Ti       '70 124 Spider 

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