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May 08, 2010 6:56 pm
May 08, 2010 6:56 pm
Subject: Re: Who built the body for Lagonda v12
Hi Jeremy,
The factory ID plate should show Chassis 14122 & engine 14122. If yours shows the engine as V12/8, then that indicates the body wasn't built by the factory. Unless of course Ellard lost/replaced the original plate. Is it still fitted with V12/8? That's very early, almost prototype...presumably Sanction 1 with oil filler through the n/s exhaust manifold? Lagonda were great ones for swapping engines around, which probably explains why their ID plates never showed the real engine number. Take my V12...first reg December 1940, & taken off the road April 1945 for complete rebuild (yes, really!) in which time it covered 13500 miles, & had had 3 different engines fitted! Your engine number should be something in the low 200s, but of course anything possible at the factory. Is the chassis number 14122 stamped on the timing cover fan boss? That would at least prove that is your original engine. If it shows another number, then it's likely Ellard swapped it for another...which would then indicate the ID plate is Ellard fabrication.
Laurence
Hi Jeremy,
The factory ID plate should show Chassis 14122 & engine 14122. If yours shows the engine as V12/8, then that indicates the body wasn't built by the factory. Unless of course Ellard lost/replaced the original plate. Is it still fitted with V12/8? That's very early, almost prototype...presumably Sanction 1 with oil filler through the n/s exhaust manifold? Lagonda were great ones for swapping engines around, which probably explains why their ID plates never showed the real engine number. Take my V12...first reg December 1940, & taken off the road April 1945 for complete rebuild (yes, really!) in which time it covered 13500 miles, & had had 3 different engines fitted! Your engine number should be something in the low 200s, but of course anything possible at the factory. Is the chassis number 14122 stamped on the timing cover fan boss? That would at least prove that is your original engine. If it shows another number, then it's likely Ellard swapped it for another...which would then indicate the ID plate is Ellard fabrication.
Laurence