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Apr 11, 2012 8:05 am
Apr 11, 2012 8:05 am
Subject: Re: American DBLs
Guys,
It may be of interest that, in my collection of automobilia, I have a letter dated 11 June 1954 sent by James Stirling (then 'Resident Manager' of the 'Lagonda Division' of 'The David Brown Corporation (Sales) Limited') to Lens Automobiles of Buffalo NY. Apparently, the proprietor of that firm had a customer who, already very happy with his Aston Martin DB 2-4, was interested in ordering a 3-litre Lagonda Coupe.
In partial reply to the enquiry, Mr Stirling wrote; "While it is our intention to make a central gearchange available, we do not intend to produce the Lagonda with left-hand drive."
By the way, what may very well be the same two 2.6 litre cars mentioned by Tony (one a DHC and the other a saloon, both in a very poor state) were offered for sale and sold on ebay last year (reputedly going to a collector in Germany).
Tim
Guys,
It may be of interest that, in my collection of automobilia, I have a letter dated 11 June 1954 sent by James Stirling (then 'Resident Manager' of the 'Lagonda Division' of 'The David Brown Corporation (Sales) Limited') to Lens Automobiles of Buffalo NY. Apparently, the proprietor of that firm had a customer who, already very happy with his Aston Martin DB 2-4, was interested in ordering a 3-litre Lagonda Coupe.
In partial reply to the enquiry, Mr Stirling wrote; "While it is our intention to make a central gearchange available, we do not intend to produce the Lagonda with left-hand drive."
By the way, what may very well be the same two 2.6 litre cars mentioned by Tony (one a DHC and the other a saloon, both in a very poor state) were offered for sale and sold on ebay last year (reputedly going to a collector in Germany).
Tim