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Jan 08, 2016 9:01 pm
Rich5ltr Offline
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Subject: Tyres originally fitted at Staines?
Having used the search facility I couldn't find an answer to this question. What manufacturer's tyres would have been fitted by Lagonda back in the early 30s? I assume someone somewhere has the build sheet for their car from that period which would say? My guess would be a good British brand like Dunlop or Avon but I wonder?
Richard Branch
 

Jan 08, 2016 9:49 pm
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Subject: Re: Tyres originally fitted at Staines?
My build sheet says Fort Dunlop. 1936.
David Bracey
 

Jan 08, 2016 10:40 pm
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Subject: Re: Tyres originally fitted at Staines?
Out of interest David, how can one find the build sheets or were you fortunate to have it with the car?
Richard Branch
 

Jan 09, 2016 7:59 am
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Subject: Re: Tyres originally fitted at Staines?
Mine are Fort Dunlop too, 1937. The build sheet is filled in by hand so I assume there was a choice. There must have been a default tyre if the customer didn't have a preference. One of Arnold Davey's excellent books may have the answer.
Photocopy build sheets available from Maurice Leo's son I believe.
 

Jan 09, 2016 3:02 pm
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Subject: Re: Tyres originally fitted at Staines?
Rich,

David is correct that Jon Leo will most likely have original build sheets. He will provide a superb quality facsimile for a small fee. If you can't track him down I can find you his number when I return from the car event I'm at in Paris at the moment. Give me a call next week if you're stuck.

My build sheet not only had the original order specifications but also all works service records up to 1953.

David
David Bracey
 

Jan 09, 2016 3:07 pm
Mark Offline
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Location: Worcestershire


Subject: Re: Tyres originally fitted at Staines?
The build sheet for my 1937 LG45 also shows Fort Dunlop tyres.
I believe that only build sheets for the 4.5 Litre models are available from the Leo's. I understand the 2 Litre build records were destroyed in a fit of anger by a certain person around the time the 2 Litre Register was formed but that is part of Lagonda Club history.
 

Jan 09, 2016 9:20 pm
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Subject: Re: Tyres originally fitted at Staines?
Rich,

David is correct that Jon Leo will most likely have original build sheets. He will provide a superb quality facsimile for a small fee. If you can't track him down I can find you his number when I return from the car event I'm at in Paris at the moment. Give me a call next week if you're stuck.

My build sheet not only had the original order specifications but also all works service records up to 1953.

David
David Bracey
 

Jan 09, 2016 10:08 pm
Rich5ltr Offline
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Location: Hampshire, UK


Subject: Re: Tyres originally fitted at Staines?
Thanks chaps, that's really useful information. I will contact Jon to see if he has the build sheet for my 16/80.
Richard Branch
 

Jan 10, 2016 12:04 am
Colin M34 Offline
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Registered since: Dec 01, 2007
Location: Suffolk, UK


Subject: Re: Tyres originally fitted at Staines?
Hi Richard,

No point in trying for a build sheet for your 16/80. The build sheets for all the smaller cars were deliberately destroyed by an unnamed someone in a fit of pique in the late 1940s or early 1950s.

As some of the people involved are still alive it is inappropriate to discuss the circumstances in an open forum but to give you a clue, after the War there were two clubs serving two distinct groups of people. There was the revived Lagonda Car Club and the Two Litre Register. The latter tended to support people with the older, "vintage" Lagondas who did their own maintenance, whereas the former supported the Meadows engined and V12 models. These were pretty new at the time and still owned by the sort of person who could afford to have their cars worked on by a specialist. These records survive.

The post-war Lagonda Car Club was revived by Mr Davies who was formerly the factory service manager and set up business at 273 London Road in Staines to service these cars.

It is worth trying to get hold of a copy of Geoff Seaton's book which explains a lot of this situation in more depth. Many of us were good friends with both Geoff Seaton and Phil Ridout who explained to us youngsters the background to the formation of the present club when the two predecessors were merged in October 1951. Both of these two chaps are no longer with us and I sorely miss their company.

This is now a long time ago and sadly the action of this disgruntled person (who I never knew) still impacts on us owners of the "lesser" cars. Hey Ho.

It does make finding things out all a lot more fun though...

Cheers Colin M34
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