Subject: Re: Lagonda V12 Saloon on eBay
To return to the topic of this thread, a friend has been to see the car and has found numerous very good reasons not to make this guy any offer. However, just in an academic interest sense, I have a query based on the photographs in the listing. Something 'bugged' me about these photographs when I first saw them and discussions with others have thrown this issue into sharp relief.
The body/chassis combination is odd. It does not fit with my understanding of the V12 model range bodies, precisely. When I first saw it, the general shape made me think 'middle' length saloon. But, on further consideration the radiator can be seen to be too high for this to be right. Also, the presence of the front quarter lights should have made me think 'long' saloon. But, there are further difficulties with this analysis.
The 'long' saloon was actually built on the same length chassis as the 'middle' length car, of course - the difference being between the relative over hang of each body. Only the de Ville body was built by the factory on the the long chassis, I think. But, the shape of the car on ebay is wrong for both the 'long' saloon and de Ville bodies - the former because the rear doors are 'suicide' and the latter because of the shape of the rear roof line.
The body shape actually looks most like that of the LG6 de Ville, but there are differences even in that regard. So, one would think that it was a non-factory coach-built body. But, it appears not to be so given the 'Lagonda' sill plate.
Any thoughts, gentlemen? Have I misunderstood something (I'm always very keen to be educated).
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