339 Lagonda 2 litre Low Chassis (1927) KW 6670 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Lagonda 2 itre Low Chassis (1925-31) Engine 1954cc S4 OHV Production 1440 (all 2 litre Models) Chassis Number:OH9489 Engine Number:1228 Registration Number KW 6670 (Bradford) LAGONDA ALBUM 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 The 2 litre models 14-60 and 2 litre Speed were introduced in 1925, gone were the unitary originals of Wilbur Gunn, the new engine designer was Arthur Davidson from Lea Francis the chassis now made of conventional channel was the work of A E Masters. The engine had a detachable head with hemispgerical combustion chambers, and a high mounted camshaft operating the valves at 90 degrees. Initial output was 60bhp, increased for the 2 litre Speed from late 1927 and again in 1930 when a supercharged version became available Chassis OH 9489 (KW 6670) car number OH9489 was among the first batch of Low Chassis Speed Models to be built (the number stamped into its engine's timing case - SL907 - suggesting that it may have been the seventh car. Aside from being supplied new by Central Garage of Bradford, the four-seater's pre-WW2 history is a blank. The first owner known to the Lagonda Club was P.I. Turner Esq of Madam's Hill, Easthope, Shropshire who joined in January 1957 and moved to Chepstow a decade later. After spending some time de-commissioned and stored in barn, It was disinterred it in December 1980 by restorer Treated to an extensive `body off' refurbishment between 1981 and 1984. Passing through the hands of a number of owners, it was entrusted to South Cerney Engineering Ltd for a through engine overhaul in 1992. More recently following a period of inactivity by Chris Shenton Engineering of Stoke-on-Trent, Diolch am 96,489,648 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 96,489,648 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 07.08.2022, at the VSCC Prescott Speed Hill Climb, Prescott, Gloucestershire REF 162-339
