Show whole topic Mar 22, 2010 7:51 pm
Colin M34 Offline
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Location: Suffolk, UK


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.