Show whole topic
Mar 22, 2010 7:51 pm
Mar 22, 2010 7:51 pm
Subject: Re: 16/80 Body
So dear readers, the plot thickens.
Remember that Lagonda salesmen were so keen on closing a sale that within reason, a customer could have what he or she wanted - or what the salesman could fob off on them! It sounds a though they were on absolutely top form when they persuaded the first owner of Oakley's car to have his one, perhaps offering an excellent discount compared with a brand new 16/80 and maybe keeping quiet about it being a 3 year old chassis!
Perhaps as a development car it already had cycle wings but did not have a proper body, so it was a simple matter of taking a new T7 body from stock. It would have fitted well and presumably the customer was well pleased with his purchase.
These were all hand built, individually specified cars, and I feel that one of the pleasures of playing with Lagondas is coming across individual cars which are different from the rest.
So dear readers, the plot thickens.
Remember that Lagonda salesmen were so keen on closing a sale that within reason, a customer could have what he or she wanted - or what the salesman could fob off on them! It sounds a though they were on absolutely top form when they persuaded the first owner of Oakley's car to have his one, perhaps offering an excellent discount compared with a brand new 16/80 and maybe keeping quiet about it being a 3 year old chassis!
Perhaps as a development car it already had cycle wings but did not have a proper body, so it was a simple matter of taking a new T7 body from stock. It would have fitted well and presumably the customer was well pleased with his purchase.
These were all hand built, individually specified cars, and I feel that one of the pleasures of playing with Lagondas is coming across individual cars which are different from the rest.