Subject: 39 Lagonda V12 short chassis saloon for sale with Bonham's
Lot 314
1939 Lagonda V12 Saloon
Registration no. GVU 675 Chassis no. 14105 Engine no. 48
£80,000 - 100,000
€99,000 - 120,000
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21906/lot/314/
The factory-bodied Lagonda V12 saloon offered here was originally built for the then managing director of Lagonda Motors, Richard 'Dick' Watney, and delivered to him on 24th October 1939, shortly after the outbreak of WW2. Mr Watney left for Australia immediately after the war and the Lagonda was then rebuilt by the factory and sold as a new car to one F C Price of London NW1 on 27th June 1946. Mr Price registered it in Manchester on 15th May 1947 as 'GVU 675'.
The accompanying Lagonda Club letter from its Hon Registrar, Arnold Davey, lists the following subsequent owners in factory and Club records: Major R de C Vigors of Chester (1948), R L Steynor of Ledbury (circa 1950), Les Buckton of Morton Bagot (May 1970) and David Dunn of Monkstown, Dublin (circa 1975). The Lagonda subsequently went to Australia where it was owned by Marcel Seroussi of Prahran and later Armadale, Victoria, and in August 2005 was recorded as owned by Advocate J P Labesse of St Lawrence, Jersey, Channel Islands. The car next changed hands in June 2013, apparently to another member of the Labesse family.
Now reunited with its old UK registration, 'GVU 675' is described by the vendor as in generally good condition, its engine running very smoothly. The car is offered with aforementioned correspondence, MoT to September 2014 and V5C registration document.
Interesting history, must have been one of the last cars "sold" by Lagonda.
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