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Brilliant! I love it. Happy Saint Nicholas day.
Are you talking about different parts etc.? Bill knows about the M45 engine advertised in The Automobile. David refers (I think) to an M45 block, head, sump and crank that were advertised on eBay relatively recently. I think I saw both. Are they one and the same? I know that RC was aware of the latter and planning to buy if the price is right. Why aren’t they usable Colin? IIRC, there was slight damage to the block and sump but that looked reparable (and worth it) at least to my relatively uninitiated eye?
I saw it at the H&H auction in the Spring, as mentioned on this forum at the time. For some reason, the successful bider (then) abandoned the idea of restoring her and the car was/is (I believe) residing with David Wall currently. You’re correct – a reasonable project basis indeed. If I didn’t have more than enough projects already, I would have had a go myself.
You will have to remind me which entity – precisely – owned the car that was loaned to Fangio. I don’t recall when Lagonda Limited ceased to exist but I thought it was at a date earlier than this car’s manufacture.
IIRC, that ‘good advertising, pictures, write up’ came very late in the day e.g. I recall that much of the original marketing and other historical material was omitted from the first run of the Bonhams blurb.
I was at the auction and the number of bidders on the car was modest. The car was a good project, for sure, but I think that the biggest factor at play was pure bloody good fortune. 😀
Er, famous owner? I don’t think a car dealership loaning a car to a famous person for a couple of years is the same thing as ownership, do you?
Famous first owners commission the cars concerned and that’s what should give them added value, in my view (and considerably so in certain cases e.g. film stars, racing drivers, directors of the marque concerned, etc.). If the buyer of the NP Bonhams car paid much of a premium on the ‘loaner’ basis, it’s a matter for them of course (but, personally, I think it a daft thing to do).
I rather thought that the NP car did well because it was a very good project car and a rare beast in its own right. The modest Fangio connection was (for me) just the icing on the cake.
Let’s see (bad internet connection this afternoon – I hope it holds up long enough).
You should have bought it, David. Cheap car! 😀
It just scraped over the reserve line (2 bidders) at ?100k + commission. I think the successful bid came from a well known trader.
I must say, I thought the auctioneer rather dramatically underplayed the car in his introduction. Anyway, it was very cheap compared with the price achieved at NP in May for the project DHC.
Yup, and I hope that you’re right. 😀 😀
Agreed (for the most part). You make my point for me (in loooong form). 😀
Weeeeell, it looks very nice and I’d like to see it achieve a good price.
However….. non-original engine; non-original gearbox; non-original steering wheel; lots of non-original stuff going on under the bonnet (servo, air filters etc.); lots of non-standard trim business on the outside (hubs, embellisher, paint, upholstery, hood etc. etc.).
For my money, why not keep things as David Brown intended? In any event, my guess is that this degree of non-originality may impact adversely on the hammer price (that could have been achieved otherwise had things been restored in a different way).
I’m so glad to learn that this car has found the right kind of home at last. Welcome Keith.
Regards,
Tim
.. but, barn finds do? 😀
… yet again. He’s been trying to sell that car for at least a couple of years, now.
Hi Dierk,
Well done to you. I tip my hat.
All the best,
Tim