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Apr 11, 2012 6:18 pm
Apr 11, 2012 6:18 pm
Subject: Re: American DBLs
Barry,
I suggest you plug on with the M45. It is a truly a great car. All Lagondas are great cars - including the 12/24. The DB cars are as well of course and I admire fellow readers of this newsgroup doing good stuff here. Thanks all for your interesting postings!
However the kind of restoration work involved in the post-war cars personally scares me and I would urge you to enjoy the combination of grunt and agricultural simplicity of your M45 before being seduced by the later cars. Over the years I have spent hours agonising about this myself at places such as the Beaulieu automart where there have been many attractive later Lagondas present - including at least one DB Rapide which was not much money at the time. I have now decided to leave the restoration of these cars to more talented and skilled fellow enthusiasts.
This does not stop me liking them very much and admiring the work that has gone into keeping them going. More postings please guys!
Cheers Colin
Barry,
I suggest you plug on with the M45. It is a truly a great car. All Lagondas are great cars - including the 12/24. The DB cars are as well of course and I admire fellow readers of this newsgroup doing good stuff here. Thanks all for your interesting postings!
However the kind of restoration work involved in the post-war cars personally scares me and I would urge you to enjoy the combination of grunt and agricultural simplicity of your M45 before being seduced by the later cars. Over the years I have spent hours agonising about this myself at places such as the Beaulieu automart where there have been many attractive later Lagondas present - including at least one DB Rapide which was not much money at the time. I have now decided to leave the restoration of these cars to more talented and skilled fellow enthusiasts.
This does not stop me liking them very much and admiring the work that has gone into keeping them going. More postings please guys!
Cheers Colin