• Year of manufacture 
    1927
  • Car type 
    Other
  • Chassis number 
    8977
  • Engine number 
    OH544
  • Lot number 
    637
  • Drive 
    RHD
  • Condition 
    Used
  • Exterior brand colour 
    Green
  • Number of seats 
    2
  • Location
    United Kingdom
  • Exterior colour 
    Other
  • Gearbox 
    Manual
  • Drivetrain 
    2wd
  • Fuel type 
    Petrol

Description

Guide price: £55000 - £65000.
- In its correct body-style for its type (it wasn't ever a saloon)
- Period-correct engine (non-matching)
- Original registration number
- Re-trimmed in the 1970s
- Well known to the Lagonda Club 
Having established its reputation by winning the Moscow to St Petersburg Reliability Trial of 1910 with their 30hp six-cylinder, Lagonda concentrated mainly on the production of light cars before reverting to sporting and luxury models in the mid-1920s with the introduction of the 14/60. The latter abandoned the firm's traditional in-unit gearbox in favour of an amidships-mounted transmission, but of greater technical interest was the engine. Designed by Arthur Davidson, the 2-litre 'four' featured twin camshafts, mounted high in the block, operating inclined valves in 'hemispherical' combustion chambers.  The power output of this advanced design was a highly respectable 60bhp. The Lagonda ‘High Chassis Speed Model’ had resulted from the Factory’s Le Mans effort of 1928, when the 2.0 litre ‘high chassis’ driven by Andre D’Erlanger and Douglas Hawkes had finished 11th overall in the 24-Hour endurance classic.The car presented here is a 1927 Lagonda 2.0-litre High Chassis Speed Model Tourer and, importantly, it is the correct body-style for its type (i.e. it wasn't ever a saloon). This elegant machine is well-known to the Lagonda Club (from whom we are trying to glean a little more history) and is fitted with a period-correct engine (if non-matching). It comes with full weather equipment, a 'Worcester' hood, an opening and folding screen, and retains its original registration number. It has enjoyed a decent restoration, including a retrim, some years ago and is in good mechanical order.  This is a very original looking, usable car with some room for improvement cosmetically, but would be wholly suitable for VSCC Trials and days out.   


Silverstone Auctions Ltd
The Forge
Harwoods House, Banbury Road
Ashorne
Warwickshire
CV35 0AA
United Kingdom
Contact Person Kontaktperson
Title 
Mr
First name 
Rob
Last name 
Hubbard

Phone 
+44-01926691141