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350 Lagonda M45 Tourer (1934) BPE 292. by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Lagonda M45 (1933-35) Engine 4467cc S6 PHV Production 407 Registration Number BPE 292 (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 Introduced at the 1933 Olympia Motor Show and powered by a Meadows six cylinder engine with magneto and coil, 12 plug head and twin SU carburettors, fed by an electric fuel pump. All with crash, gearboxes, right hand gearchange, vacuum servo brakes and dual friction shock absorbers. Rough and tough, with a top speed of 90mph and 100 not far of for the Tourer. The chassis was similar to the 3 litre, at 129 inches but fitted with a heavier rear axle. The 3 litre gearbox proved inadequate very quickly and Meadows’ own box became standard, with most of the earlier cars having the gearbox retro fitted. The M45 was an instant hit, in the Motoring Press. The Meadows engine produced around 115 bhp against around 78 bhp for the 3 litre, in maybe a slightly lighter car. with the tourer nudging the 100 mph mark, with prices£795 for the tourer, £895 for the saloon. In 1935 British drivers Johnny Hindmarsh and Luis Fontés win Le Mans in a Lagonda M45R Rapide 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 162-350

338 Lagonda 2 litre Low Chassis (1927) RG 3024 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Lagonda 2 litre Low Chassis (1925-31) Engine 1954cc S4 OHV Production 1440 (all 2 litre Models) Registration Number RG 3024 (Aberdeen) 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 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 162-338

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

348 Lagonda M45 Tourer (1933) AXA 416 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Lagonda M45 (1933-35) Engine 4467cc S6 PHV Production 407 Registration Number AXA 416 (London) 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 Introduced at the 1933 Olympia Motor Show and powered by a Meadows six cylinder engine with magneto and coil, 12 plug head and twin SU carburettors, fed by an electric fuel pump. All with crash, gearboxes, right hand gearchange, vacuum servo brakes and dual friction shock absorbers. Rough and tough, with a top speed of 90mph and 100 not far of for the Tourer. The chassis was similar to the 3 litre, at 129 inches but fitted with a heavier rear axle. The 3 litre gearbox proved inadequate very quickly and Meadows’ own box became standard, with most of the earlier cars having the gearbox retro fitted. The M45 was an instant hit, in the Motoring Press. The Meadows engine produced around 115 bhp against around 78 bhp for the 3 litre, in maybe a slightly lighter car. with the tourer nudging the 100 mph mark, with prices £795 for the tourer, £895 for the saloon. In 1935 British drivers Johnny Hindmarsh and Luis Fontés win Le Mans in a Lagonda M45R Rapide 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 162-348

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