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Subject: Re: DB 3-Litre Trends and Numbers
Tim hi

A further additon and MY personal comments and thoughts on current prices and trends

I would suggest that what the market and people are really looking for today, is not the saloons it is the drop head coupes. They are making the money and I believe may continue to do so.

The same goes for the 2.6 litre dhc cars as well.

A very good 3.0 litre dhc will easily cost you anywhere between 50-85 k now and rising.

From the saloons, it is the 2-door 3-litre which seems to be actively searched for, unfortunately due to dealers and restorers wanting to convert them into drop-heads. They are also scarce in themselves.

The 4-door mk 2 has suffered over the years and so many one sees, have been stripped of engine/box and more and are often in poor condition.

As for prices on the saloons, I think it is very difficult to generalise, ignoring the one off price last year, I would say that very nice condition saloons can be found for between 12-25 k. A big range covering the spectrum of condition.

Overall prices for good David Brown Lagonda's are clealry moving and will imho only move upwards. They have clearly gone through and come out of their trough.

Speaking to a fellow club memebr he told me of a find of 11 Lagonda's back in 1990. All were located on a farm, but typically everyone of them was stripped of their running gear - engine/box. He and 2 other friends managed to recover 5 of the cars, the others I am sorry to say were sent for scrap.

It really does make you think , from the 500 odd 2.6 litre cars and 300 ish 3.0 litre cars, what the true survival rate actually is ? I would hazard a guess that it will be no more than 10-15%, ca. 100 cars, and that would be a lot.

regards

Simon