Solved - MJW #909 - Lagonda V-12 Saloon 1939 (rebodied 1949)

[woodinsight]

Identify the make, model and the year it appeared for a point.
I don't know the coachbuilder and if that can be positively identified it will be worth an extra point.

[sixtee5cuda]

British?

[woodinsight]

British?

Yes....

[sixtee5cuda]

Jowett?

[woodinsight]

Jowett?

No, not a Jowett...

[pftnbr]

Allard?

[woodinsight]

Allard?

Not an Allard...

[sixtee5cuda]

Alvis?

[woodinsight]

Alvis?

Not an Alvis....

[sixtee5cuda]

Bentley?

:)

[woodinsight]

Bentley?

:)

Not Bentley but it was a similar type of slightly less expensive car......

[sixtee5cuda]

Daimler (UK)?

[woodinsight]

Daimler (UK)?

Not Daimler.....

[sixtee5cuda]

Humber?

[woodinsight]

Not Humber - a more expensive car than that.....

[woodinsight]

Experts?

[bentleybob]

Aston Martin'?

[woodinsight]

Aston Martin'?

Not an Aston Martin

[billtorrance9999]

Lagonda

[woodinsight]

Lagonda

Yes it's a Lagonda.
Can you give me the engine configuration and the year for the point?
LOCKED for you until your next reply.

[billtorrance9999]

I think it will be the W O Bentley designed 3 litre straight six of aorund 1952/3

[woodinsight]

I think it will be the W O Bentley designed 3 litre straight six of aorund 1952/3

Not a straight-six and you are a few years out with the date.
I'll keep it LOCKED for you but just for one more try......

[billtorrance9999]

I'm out

[woodinsight]

I'm out

Are you sure?
Up the engine size and drop back 4 or 5 years and you should get it.....

[fyreline]

1949 Lagonda V-12. I know a lot of purists will say there's no such thing, but this chassis was delivered to the Swiss coach builder Hermann Graber in 1939, but supposedly not completed by them. I believe there is some question as to the eventual 1949 body builder . . . It has the look of a Graber body of the period, but also resembles some Tickford bodies of the same era. In any case, it's a beautiful car and very nicely restored by it's current owner.