Lot details Registration No: GE 189 Chassis No: 8783 Mot Expiry: Oct 2010
"In brief, the two-litre Lagonda may be said to combine the lively performance of a sports car with the quiet manners and convenience of a tourer, the result being a vehicle which is a sheer delight to handle, while it will convey four people in comfort over long distances at a high average speed" (Autocar, 16th December 1927)
Some two years after its 1925 Motor Show launch, the Lagonda 14/60 morphed into the Two-Litre High Chassis model. Built around a sturdy ladder frame chassis equipped with semi-elliptic leaf-sprung suspension and four-wheel drum brakes, it was powered by the same 1954cc engine as its predecessor. Designed by Arthur Davidson, this imposing looking four-cylinder unit featured twin high-mounted camshafts and fully machined hemispherical combustion chambers. Developing some 60bhp @ 3,500rpm, it was mated to a four-speed manual gearbox and gave a top speed of between 70mph and 80mph (depending on the style of coachwork fitted).
Finished in white over black with maroon upholstery, this particular example is said to have been in the current ownership since 1963. Reportedly benefiting from the stripping down and zinc spraying of its chassis that same year, the Lagonda is understood to have needed little by way of bodywork repairs when repainted during 1971. Re-trimmed using rexine at some stage and apparently given an engine overhaul in the mid 1990s (including a replacement water pump), 'GE 189' carries a secondary fold-out windscreen for the comfort of rear seat passengers. Comparatively little used over the last forty-six years, the 2-Litre was recommissioned and MOT tested by the Haynes International Motor Museum at a cost of £1,672 (2008). Summed up by the vendor as "a good usable vehicle which would benefit from attention to the general cosmetics in order to make it excellent", the four-seater comes complete with sidescreens and has just had a new hood fitted. Coming from long-term ownership, this attractive Vintage Lagonda is offered for sale with assorted documentation (buff logbook, sundry expired MOTs etc) and fresh MOT certificate.
PLEASE NOTE: This vehicle has an MOT until Oct 2010.
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