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Mar 29, 2011 5:12 pm
Mar 29, 2011 5:12 pm
Subject: Re: BARN FINDS : Will they continue to appear ?
Let's hope this does get restored. Saloons are becoming an endangered species...perhaps rarity will increase values & help justify restoration costs? Many 30s saloons are pretty dull if not ugly, but Lagonda saloons were always handsome, so surely that must help?!
My own LG6 was bought by the previous owner as a pretty derelict rolling chassis in 1985. I assumed it had lost its original saloon body in the 60s...but on getting what history I could from DVLA, was appalled to discover it had been taxed & on the road in 1979! What upsets me is that I've since been contacted by the families of the original owner and second owner, so I now have pictures of it on the day of delivery in 1939, and in the early 50s. Difficult explaining to them that, yes, "their" car survives, but not in a remotely recogniseable form. This is particularly galling for me, as I'd love similar photos of my V12, which is an original factory dhc...but no such luck.
At least the guy I bought it from, Richard Kelsall, had a body made up to his own design, as I would not have bought a replica.
Laurence
Let's hope this does get restored. Saloons are becoming an endangered species...perhaps rarity will increase values & help justify restoration costs? Many 30s saloons are pretty dull if not ugly, but Lagonda saloons were always handsome, so surely that must help?!
My own LG6 was bought by the previous owner as a pretty derelict rolling chassis in 1985. I assumed it had lost its original saloon body in the 60s...but on getting what history I could from DVLA, was appalled to discover it had been taxed & on the road in 1979! What upsets me is that I've since been contacted by the families of the original owner and second owner, so I now have pictures of it on the day of delivery in 1939, and in the early 50s. Difficult explaining to them that, yes, "their" car survives, but not in a remotely recogniseable form. This is particularly galling for me, as I'd love similar photos of my V12, which is an original factory dhc...but no such luck.
At least the guy I bought it from, Richard Kelsall, had a body made up to his own design, as I would not have bought a replica.
Laurence