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Mar 23, 2014 4:03 pm
Mar 23, 2014 4:03 pm
Subject: Re: Rare 1939 V12 Coupe, Hooper Bodywork for sale at NEC 12/13th April
Hi,
This car certainly has a certain presence, it's not unattractive but it lacks the lightness of touch of Feeley's designs. But then Lagonda didn't offer an fhc...I wonder what one might have looked like.
Agree a well chosen paint scheme would help no end, two tone to make it look longer and thus less "heavy".
I often feel that prewar car designers just lost interest when it came to the rear of their cars, and sadly this one is unimaginative in that area. The dash...hmmm...looks a bit like something you'd find in a kit car, but of course that's not a fair comment as those didn't afflict the car world in 1939. Certainly brave of Hooper, would love to see what the dash looks like in the flesh.
My own LG6 special (fortunately unpainted aluminium) has sat outside unmoved for the past 4 years...not 12, admittedly, but the chrome all still looks fine. This car has at least been under cover...and it looks like that?! This is why I could be convinced it has been encourage to decay.
The low mileage could ... just... mean dismantling, checking and reassembling the mechanics. But then, my own V12 supposedly has only covered circa 53000 miles, and despite a new engine at 13000 miles in 1945, rebuilt by Thomson Doxey in 1952, it still needed total rebuild. Didn't I read somewhere V12s are supposed to do 100,000 miles easily, without needing work?
Laurence
Hi,
This car certainly has a certain presence, it's not unattractive but it lacks the lightness of touch of Feeley's designs. But then Lagonda didn't offer an fhc...I wonder what one might have looked like.
Agree a well chosen paint scheme would help no end, two tone to make it look longer and thus less "heavy".
I often feel that prewar car designers just lost interest when it came to the rear of their cars, and sadly this one is unimaginative in that area. The dash...hmmm...looks a bit like something you'd find in a kit car, but of course that's not a fair comment as those didn't afflict the car world in 1939. Certainly brave of Hooper, would love to see what the dash looks like in the flesh.
My own LG6 special (fortunately unpainted aluminium) has sat outside unmoved for the past 4 years...not 12, admittedly, but the chrome all still looks fine. This car has at least been under cover...and it looks like that?! This is why I could be convinced it has been encourage to decay.
The low mileage could ... just... mean dismantling, checking and reassembling the mechanics. But then, my own V12 supposedly has only covered circa 53000 miles, and despite a new engine at 13000 miles in 1945, rebuilt by Thomson Doxey in 1952, it still needed total rebuild. Didn't I read somewhere V12s are supposed to do 100,000 miles easily, without needing work?
Laurence