347 Lagonda M35R Tourer (1935) CPL 190 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Lagonda M35R (1934-35) Engine 3445cc S6 in line, pushrod overhead valves Production 81 (Includes M35 and M35R) Registration Number CPL 190 (Surrey) LAGONDA SET www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623795814510... Lagonda is a British luxury car marque established in 1906, which has been owned by Aston Martin since 1947. The Lagonda company was founded in 1906 in the UK in Staines, Middlesex, by American-born Wilbur Gunn q former opera singer. He became a British national in 1891 and worked as a speedboat and motorcycle engineer in Staines. He named the company after the Shawnee settlement of Lagonda in modern-day Springfield, Ohio, the town of his birth Lagonda's early success had been founded on the production of light cars, but the company changed direction in the mid-1920s with the introduction of the 14/60. Designed by Arthur Davidson, this advanced 2-litre 'four' featured twin high-mounted camshafts operating inclined valves in hemispherical combustion chambers. Davidson was less adventurous when asked to come up with a larger, six-cylinder engine for the 16/65. Originally of 2,692cc, the overhead-valve unit was enlarged to 2,931cc (and later to 3,181cc) to create the 3-Litre model of 1928.. The final incarnation of Lagonda's big six-cylinder engine arrived in 1934 powering the new 3½-litre M35. Displacing 3,619cc, the seven-bearing unit resided in a short-wheelbase (10' 3") variant of the 3-Litre chassis. Though endowed with highly respectable performance - 90mph was within the tourer's reach on a good day - the M35R was soon superseded by the 4½-litre Meadows-engined M45. The M35R was a bulky car, weighing in at 32.5cwt (1651kg) for the Tourer or 35.5cwt (1804kg) for the Saloon. The 3½ Litre, which used the M45 Rapide chassis, with its 3619cc engine driving through a the Lagonda Z gearbox in its latest silent third guise, The bodies were exactly the same as for the Rapide but the smaller car lacked some details and fitments. Diolch am 96,492,834 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 96,492,834 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 07.08.2022, at the VSCC Prescott Speed Hill Climb, Prescott, Gloucestershire REF 162-347
