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Ken hi
I have seen pictures of this 2.6 litre dhc, on the web-site they put up on the web. They did a nice job with it as well.
How does the car look close up, as nice as the pictures ?
Kind regards
Simon
Ken good morning,
May I assume from your posts that you are changing the engine and gear-box or does your car come without its original engine and box ?
Your pictures show what appear to be two different cars or is this just a reflection of some elbow grease on the paint-work!!
Kind regards and more pictures of your work and how you found the car and resoration porgress would be greatly appreciated.
Simon
Thank you and I have also been told they are two different cars.
Kind regards and thank you for your replies
Simon
Good morning,
Can you please let me know me details about the car and price. Is it the car which was advertised in the January Lagonda Club newsletter or another car ?
If you don’t wish to post these details on the forum, please email me othwerwise.
Kind regards
Simon
Tim hi
A further additon and MY personal comments and thoughts on current prices and trends
I would suggest that what the market and people are really looking for today, is not the saloons it is the drop head coupes. They are making the money and I believe may continue to do so.
The same goes for the 2.6 litre dhc cars as well.
A very good 3.0 litre dhc will easily cost you anywhere between 50-85 k now and rising.
From the saloons, it is the 2-door 3-litre which seems to be actively searched for, unfortunately due to dealers and restorers wanting to convert them into drop-heads. They are also scarce in themselves.
The 4-door mk 2 has suffered over the years and so many one sees, have been stripped of engine/box and more and are often in poor condition.
As for prices on the saloons, I think it is very difficult to generalise, ignoring the one off price last year, I would say that very nice condition saloons can be found for between 12-25 k. A big range covering the spectrum of condition.
Overall prices for good David Brown Lagonda’s are clealry moving and will imho only move upwards. They have clearly gone through and come out of their trough.
Speaking to a fellow club memebr he told me of a find of 11 Lagonda’s back in 1990. All were located on a farm, but typically everyone of them was stripped of their running gear – engine/box. He and 2 other friends managed to recover 5 of the cars, the others I am sorry to say were sent for scrap.
It really does make you think , from the 500 odd 2.6 litre cars and 300 ish 3.0 litre cars, what the true survival rate actually is ? I would hazard a guess that it will be no more than 10-15%, ca. 100 cars, and that would be a lot.
regards
Simon
Dear Peter,
Thank you for this info and have made contact with Peter, now trying to trace the profile he had made up for the windscreen rubber.
KInd regards
Simon
Might I suggest that you contact Jeff Leeks, he has all the parts for a complete 3.0 litre 4 door. including chassis, body etc. All separated and restored already.
He is not cheap, but given he has sold much off this car already, he may be worthwhile speaking to. I know he has a restored chassis frame, which you are looking for.
Best of luck, and email me if you would like his phone number.
Simon
Peter hi
Do you have the name of the people who made this for you, and do you have small sample to hand of the windscreen rubber ?
Kind regards
Simon
Tim hi
Thank you for your excellent and well considered response, very helpful.
Given the 3.0 dhc wiil be a full restoration, I am looking for a 4 door in road worthy condition, as a rolling restoration.
Everything I am hearing, does suggest that this market place is very, very slowly moving, a factor I presume in the way the Classic Car market has changed over the last few years.
I have been watching the auctions and the internet for cars abroad and in the UK, where you rightly state that prices are extremely wide, from reasonable to well over the top, but that is nothing new.
I will look further afield, where I am aware of a car or two to investigate, will keep you posted.
The biggest issue with these cars is to really tie down cars with 95% plus of the interior present and the chrome work. These really were it seems unique to Lagonda, although I would be more than happy to be corrected and given an alternative source for seats etc ?
Kind regards
Simon
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Peter good evening,
I have a cracked screen on a 3.0 litre car, my question relates to the rubber windscreen trim. Where did you source this from, or did you have it made up specially ?
Kind regards
Simon
Is the manual still available, if it is can you please contact me through the forum ?
Kind regards
Simon
Did all of these parts sell ?
Regards
Simon
Tim useful comments, thank you!
It does appear that the a number of Mk1 dhc had only 1 strip above the sill, and late 1954 cars and after, have 2 strips, no idea why.
Peters car has two chrome strips above the sill. Surprisingly not interchangeable from off-side to drivers side, without a little work flaring the ends etc.
The hard one to find seems to be the upper door chrome strip trim which has a slightly flattened v-shape. This is much longer of course than the standard 4 door, strips, and I strongly suspect that it will be a different profile.
I am waiting to hear what Aston Dorset come up with, they will call me back in a few days.
The “Aladdins cave” source has 4-door chrome strips, at a mega price, and he also believes the profile is different; so would need to purchase two pairs to make up two strips; and then change the small strip on the rear of the car to suit as well.
No doubt, will end up with a strip being custom made in a suitable lenth, to keep a few spares for others who might need it in the future.
Regards
Simon
Peter good afternoon,
I have checked with Aston Martin in Dorset and Works Service and these chrome strips were seemingly unique to Lagonda. No doubt made in small batches for them, since only ca. 250 3 litre cars made in total.
There is a possibility that 2 chrome door strips from the upper part of the door, could be cut and braised to size and then re-chromed
However, and this is the key point, I wonder if the profile might have changed from the 2 door to the 4 door of the chrome strips ?
I am looking and searching in the UK at the moment.
Regards
Simon
Further to this previous post, there is an upcoming auction which has a small amount of Lagonda and Aston Martin parts, books, club magazines etc at :
http://www.hvauctions.com/automobilia_list_unlotted.php
I noted some M45 parts, and DB2 / Lagonda 2.6 / 3.0 litre steering wheels etc
The auction is on 11th of Apri and is in Hereford