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Oct 24, 2012 9:31 pm
Oct 24, 2012 9:31 pm
Subject: Re: Jay Leno's Garage Lagonda V12 Test
I speak as someone who has regretfully removed a saloon body and replaced it, with as near as humanly possible, a recreation of one of the two four-sweater 1936 Fox & Nicholl cars that the factory broke up in 1936 after Le Mans was cancelled for that year. If you wish to go racing or participate in VSCC events, then you need a "buff form" then you will need to convince the VSCC that you simply haven't destroyed a wonderful saloon for your own amusement or financial gain. In my experience not an easy, quick or straightforward process. In my case the saloon ash frame was beyond repair and economic repair was impossible. I also have a wonderfully original saloon so I would argue these maters are never black or white but complex and it is always better to reserve judgement until the facts are known. Many years ago it was suggested that the Club had a "saloon restoration fund" to save marginal saloons, i recall there were very few acts of benevolence!
I speak as someone who has regretfully removed a saloon body and replaced it, with as near as humanly possible, a recreation of one of the two four-sweater 1936 Fox & Nicholl cars that the factory broke up in 1936 after Le Mans was cancelled for that year. If you wish to go racing or participate in VSCC events, then you need a "buff form" then you will need to convince the VSCC that you simply haven't destroyed a wonderful saloon for your own amusement or financial gain. In my experience not an easy, quick or straightforward process. In my case the saloon ash frame was beyond repair and economic repair was impossible. I also have a wonderfully original saloon so I would argue these maters are never black or white but complex and it is always better to reserve judgement until the facts are known. Many years ago it was suggested that the Club had a "saloon restoration fund" to save marginal saloons, i recall there were very few acts of benevolence!