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Aug 10, 2011 3:54 pm
Aug 10, 2011 3:54 pm
Subject: Re: Planning a Repaint
Hi Folks,
My 16/80 from May 1933 chassis number S10383 is a much stranger combination. Firstly, it has the model designation on the chassis plate is "S.DHC1" and appears to be one of the Vanden Plas dropheads which was completed in the Lagonda factory. It is not one of the original batch of six listed in the VdP book and presumably was given this designation as the first of the 'factory' dropheads.
Curiously the chassis shows signs of being first painted dark green but the body was originally dark maroon - this colour shows up in places on the chassis, possibly as over-spray. My theory is that this was a 'one off' special order body built on a standard 'green' chassis and then at a late stage painted maroon in the factory. As Julian said, the new owner could specify any colour he liked and I bet he did not realise that the original chassis was green! My axles are now black but I'm not sure how original this is.
I think that if the paint job is done well on a restoration, no-one will lose any sleep over strange body/chassis paint combinations because this appears to be what the factory did themselves!
Cheers
Colin
Hi Folks,
My 16/80 from May 1933 chassis number S10383 is a much stranger combination. Firstly, it has the model designation on the chassis plate is "S.DHC1" and appears to be one of the Vanden Plas dropheads which was completed in the Lagonda factory. It is not one of the original batch of six listed in the VdP book and presumably was given this designation as the first of the 'factory' dropheads.
Curiously the chassis shows signs of being first painted dark green but the body was originally dark maroon - this colour shows up in places on the chassis, possibly as over-spray. My theory is that this was a 'one off' special order body built on a standard 'green' chassis and then at a late stage painted maroon in the factory. As Julian said, the new owner could specify any colour he liked and I bet he did not realise that the original chassis was green! My axles are now black but I'm not sure how original this is.
I think that if the paint job is done well on a restoration, no-one will lose any sleep over strange body/chassis paint combinations because this appears to be what the factory did themselves!
Cheers
Colin