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Mar 23, 2010 2:20 pm
Mar 23, 2010 2:20 pm
Subject: Re: Selling your Lagonda
It's two Saloons knitted together (it appears a 2-door with a 4-door). In any event, it looks 'wrong'. Consider (for instance) the top of the windscreen, the rear cabin area, the shape of the rear three quarters, the shape of the rump and the boot lid. So much is wrong. He went to all the trouble to try and recreate a Convertible - yet failed to remove the Series II 4-door Saloon trim from the front wings or manufacture the correct (or any) frames for the roll-down door windows or quarter lights.
But I bet I know what happened (just my supposition, of course). Having bought the hulk of a Saloon for what was probably peanuts I reckon he began to appreciate that the (formidable) expense of the project before him would not be justified by the (then) market value of the finished restoration. So, he decided to destroy two cars of modest (then current) value to create a so-called "Drophead Coupe" of supposed higher value. Either that or he was stupid enough from the off to think that it would be an easy job to 'covert' a saloon into a Convertible.
In fact, what he has banged together wouldn't be given house room by any pukka enthusiast of the marque, obviously. I only hope that his misleading advertisement does not trap an unwary buyer unversed in all things Lagonda.
All of these lovely cars were made in tiny numbers, too few of which have survived - the guy needs stringing up, in my book.
It's two Saloons knitted together (it appears a 2-door with a 4-door). In any event, it looks 'wrong'. Consider (for instance) the top of the windscreen, the rear cabin area, the shape of the rear three quarters, the shape of the rump and the boot lid. So much is wrong. He went to all the trouble to try and recreate a Convertible - yet failed to remove the Series II 4-door Saloon trim from the front wings or manufacture the correct (or any) frames for the roll-down door windows or quarter lights.
But I bet I know what happened (just my supposition, of course). Having bought the hulk of a Saloon for what was probably peanuts I reckon he began to appreciate that the (formidable) expense of the project before him would not be justified by the (then) market value of the finished restoration. So, he decided to destroy two cars of modest (then current) value to create a so-called "Drophead Coupe" of supposed higher value. Either that or he was stupid enough from the off to think that it would be an easy job to 'covert' a saloon into a Convertible.
In fact, what he has banged together wouldn't be given house room by any pukka enthusiast of the marque, obviously. I only hope that his misleading advertisement does not trap an unwary buyer unversed in all things Lagonda.
All of these lovely cars were made in tiny numbers, too few of which have survived - the guy needs stringing up, in my book.