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Jul 17, 2012 10:54 am
Jul 17, 2012 10:54 am
Subject: Re: LG6 for sale
Seems hard to believe a saloon would be rotted out just 30 years after being built, but then I still recall a V12 saloon being offered in the early 70s in exchange for a good Austin 12/4, as the wood was rotted!
Be interesting to see what this sells for. Also an interesting thought that it has more history as it is now, than it had as a saloon. Obvious discrepancies; hood folded down is awful, no pram-irons, no concealed door hinges, and the windscreen rake is too upright.
On that latter point, I never cease to be impressed at the windscreen rake on the standard factory drophead!
Of more concern, but the photos don't help, would be checking the fit of the doors. The saloon would have gained much structural rigidity from its roof, and this is clearly a conversion of a saloon body, as opposed to a complete new body.
I think I recall seeing this car at one or more Club AGMs; it's certainly attractive, and provided the purchaser was happy with a non-original car, at the right price would be a great alternative if the "real thing" if beyond budget.
Laurence
Seems hard to believe a saloon would be rotted out just 30 years after being built, but then I still recall a V12 saloon being offered in the early 70s in exchange for a good Austin 12/4, as the wood was rotted!
Be interesting to see what this sells for. Also an interesting thought that it has more history as it is now, than it had as a saloon. Obvious discrepancies; hood folded down is awful, no pram-irons, no concealed door hinges, and the windscreen rake is too upright.
On that latter point, I never cease to be impressed at the windscreen rake on the standard factory drophead!
Of more concern, but the photos don't help, would be checking the fit of the doors. The saloon would have gained much structural rigidity from its roof, and this is clearly a conversion of a saloon body, as opposed to a complete new body.
I think I recall seeing this car at one or more Club AGMs; it's certainly attractive, and provided the purchaser was happy with a non-original car, at the right price would be a great alternative if the "real thing" if beyond budget.
Laurence