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Mar 30, 2011 5:41 pm
Mar 30, 2011 5:41 pm
Subject: Re: BARN FINDS : Will they continue to appear ?
For what it is worth I am sure there are lots more "barn finds". Personally I know of two separate LG45 saloons that are in long term storage with absolutely no hope of being back on the road with their current owners. I have tried quite hard to buy them over the years and although the owners have no intention of doing anything with them they are equally determined not to let them go. Such is life.
For the record, I took the body off NJ 9185 and spent five years recreating a 1936 four-seater Le Mans car, as near as I could to the two original cars that the factory broke up in the late 1936. The reason I took the body off was the car had been stored in a very damp hanger and the ash frame had gone to pulp - it was simply way beyond repair, economic or otherwise. In my experience the VSCC is as through as one could expect from a membership organisation and certainly my buff form had to be justified with a supporting statement from the Club verifying the body was beyond repair - by no means a given- and no one would welcome serviceable saloons being broken for whatever reason. I also have a LG45 Saloon and what perhaps is not obvious is that they require a lot more maintenance than a tourer as well as being a more leisurely drive; I find that reasonably frequent use and lot of TLC appears to work well. Perhaps those of us with saloons should use them more often at Club events - so often there is only one or two out.
Hope that helps.
Stephen
For what it is worth I am sure there are lots more "barn finds". Personally I know of two separate LG45 saloons that are in long term storage with absolutely no hope of being back on the road with their current owners. I have tried quite hard to buy them over the years and although the owners have no intention of doing anything with them they are equally determined not to let them go. Such is life.
For the record, I took the body off NJ 9185 and spent five years recreating a 1936 four-seater Le Mans car, as near as I could to the two original cars that the factory broke up in the late 1936. The reason I took the body off was the car had been stored in a very damp hanger and the ash frame had gone to pulp - it was simply way beyond repair, economic or otherwise. In my experience the VSCC is as through as one could expect from a membership organisation and certainly my buff form had to be justified with a supporting statement from the Club verifying the body was beyond repair - by no means a given- and no one would welcome serviceable saloons being broken for whatever reason. I also have a LG45 Saloon and what perhaps is not obvious is that they require a lot more maintenance than a tourer as well as being a more leisurely drive; I find that reasonably frequent use and lot of TLC appears to work well. Perhaps those of us with saloons should use them more often at Club events - so often there is only one or two out.
Hope that helps.
Stephen