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Mar 13, 2014 6:02 pm
Mar 13, 2014 6:02 pm
Subject: 1935 Lagonda M45 T8 Tourer for sale at H& H in April
A 1935 Lagonda M45 T8 Tourer that hasn't seen the light of day for years and is thought to be one of only 10 survivors has re-emerged.
The car has a rich history having been owned by racer Walter 'Wal' Handley in the 1930s.
After Handley died in a WW2 aircraft crash the car was known to have been raced at Silverstone by Ron Newman in the 1950s before passing to marque expert and current Lagonda Club president David Hine in the early 1960s.
In his five years of ownership Hine replaced the engine with an LG45 unit sourced from Gardner Diesels and improved the car generally before it passed to its current ownership in 1967 for £969 18s 0d before being consigned to storage.
BLP 494 was returned to the factory in 1937 where it received modifications to the tail and Rapide exhausts.
Having been disinterred from its storage, the Lagonda will be sold by H&H at Duxford on 24 April and is expected to make £60-80,000.
For once looks to be the real thing, and not another chopped down saloon. I imagine this car will see some fierce bidding at auction.
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A 1935 Lagonda M45 T8 Tourer that hasn't seen the light of day for years and is thought to be one of only 10 survivors has re-emerged.
The car has a rich history having been owned by racer Walter 'Wal' Handley in the 1930s.
After Handley died in a WW2 aircraft crash the car was known to have been raced at Silverstone by Ron Newman in the 1950s before passing to marque expert and current Lagonda Club president David Hine in the early 1960s.
In his five years of ownership Hine replaced the engine with an LG45 unit sourced from Gardner Diesels and improved the car generally before it passed to its current ownership in 1967 for £969 18s 0d before being consigned to storage.
BLP 494 was returned to the factory in 1937 where it received modifications to the tail and Rapide exhausts.
Having been disinterred from its storage, the Lagonda will be sold by H&H at Duxford on 24 April and is expected to make £60-80,000.
For once looks to be the real thing, and not another chopped down saloon. I imagine this car will see some fierce bidding at auction.
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