Donald Sessions jack London

Barry Brown

21 June 2016 at 13:42 #52013

I have recently unearthed an unusual jack from the same garage that housed my Lagonda. I have my doubts that it was ever fitted to my car but I am curious about it’s application. I have not been able to find out much about it other than an expired ad on prewar car.com. Seeking information.

bill

21 June 2016 at 18:19 #52014

I dont know if it helps but I have always understood that Lagonda fitted a “Sky-Hi” jack at least on the ali bulkhead cars ie 1936 and earlier. There were different sizes of Ski-Hi jacks and I am not certain which exact size was correct for Lagondas. Probably the one which fits best !
My M45 came with a Sky-Hi and although it was only found and given to me after I collected the M45 on purchase it fitted perfectly under the original spring loaded clips on the bulkhead.

Colin M34

21 June 2016 at 20:44 #52015

My 16/80 has it’s original “Stadium” jack. Perhaps Lagonda fitted either them or “Sky-Hi” ones depending on who had run out of credit with because they owed the most money to.

I suspect this is the same reason that sometimes they fitted BTH and sometimes Scintilla magnetos on the M45!

As Bill says, both fit nicely on the bulkhead.

Colin

h14

21 June 2016 at 20:59 #52016

I suspect Donald Sessions could well be the D and S of DWS, makers of the hydraulic jacking system on LG6s and V12s, and probably also LG45s.

Laurence

Richard Branch

22 June 2016 at 20:40 #52017

Indeed and the W is Wilfred.

Barry Brown

23 June 2016 at 10:59 #52018

Thanks for the info ! Would I be correct in assuming this type of jack was never specified for an M45? It is not hydraulic. I will post a picture.