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Solved - MJW #909 - Lagonda V-12 Saloon 1939 (rebodied 1949)
« on: April 24, 2012, 06:19:48 AM »
Identify the make, model and the year it appeared for a point.
I don't know the coachbuilder and if that can be positively identified it will be worth an extra point.

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2012, 09:39:03 AM »
British?

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2012, 09:49:54 AM »

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2012, 12:16:39 PM »
Jowett?

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2012, 01:05:41 PM »

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2012, 05:18:33 PM »
Allard?

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2012, 01:39:23 AM »

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2012, 08:53:22 AM »
Alvis?

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2012, 12:01:31 PM »

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2012, 12:48:45 PM »
Bentley?

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2012, 01:09:29 PM »
Bentley?

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Not Bentley but it was a similar type of slightly less expensive car......

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2012, 09:15:39 PM »
Daimler (UK)?

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2012, 03:12:09 AM »

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2012, 11:47:06 PM »
Humber?

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2012, 01:21:52 AM »
Not Humber - a more expensive car than that.....

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2012, 03:17:44 AM »
Experts?

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2012, 04:35:52 AM »
Aston Martin'?

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #17 on: May 15, 2012, 04:54:22 AM »

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #18 on: May 15, 2012, 06:02:27 AM »
Lagonda

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #19 on: May 15, 2012, 06:19:44 AM »
Lagonda
Yes it's a Lagonda.
Can you give me the engine configuration and the year for the point?
LOCKED for you until your next reply.

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2012, 09:55:53 AM »
I think it will be the W O Bentley designed 3 litre straight six of aorund 1952/3

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #21 on: May 16, 2012, 10:09:40 AM »
I think it will be the W O Bentley designed 3 litre straight six of aorund 1952/3
Not a straight-six and you are a few years out with the date.
I'll keep it LOCKED for you but just for one more try......

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #22 on: May 16, 2012, 10:41:41 AM »
I'm out

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #23 on: May 16, 2012, 10:44:32 AM »
I'm out
Are you sure?
Up the engine size and drop back 4 or 5 years and you should get it.....

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Re: MJW #909
« Reply #24 on: May 16, 2012, 08:06:21 PM »
1949 Lagonda V-12. I know a lot of purists will say there's no such thing, but this chassis was delivered to the Swiss coach builder Hermann Graber in 1939, but supposedly not completed by them. I believe there is some question as to the eventual 1949 body builder . . . It has the look of a Graber body of the period, but also resembles some Tickford bodies of the same era. In any case, it's a beautiful car and very nicely restored by it's current owner.
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