1936 Lagonda LG45 Rapide Tourer Registration no. EPH 716 Chassis no. 12170/R Engine no. LG45/343R/S3 (see text) and 12170/R

lagonda lg45 rapide 4½-litre sports 1990s prepared refined considering 1936 davey accomplished tourer restored cars conception records main rolls-royce quickly company grown club's club publications 100mph mots 12170/r genuine test british conceived production vendor's dick chassis model road lightened went confirmed powered true soon-to-be-announced fine exciting engine twin-plug performance watney early successor gaining aimed published given lightweight frills 1930s short-chassis period supercar ownership meadows good pedigree declared moved file prior mileage bills 1958 effectively year driven four-seater history fabulous time original result fitted press luggage service represents text built april autocar months october delivery black pryce block older cuttings professionally mans capable great latest provides reasonably greatly fast desirable eye-catching september sanction cylinder owner finished rear squab family's logbooks containing 1959 repaint local copy instruction/handbooks effect lubrication away previously alan open body reached mulberry interior 1950s painted repairs tests automobiles acquire documented surviving victory 1935 3-litre deployed saloons reaching fontes 24-hour bentley m45's flexible mounts centralised improvements upmarket bentleys require silenced today store suspension outnumbered refinement driver perfectionist obviously notwithstanding shortening redesigned head 7.5:1 willing sensational eulogistic notes seat cushions button home wishes june old-style yeovil glyn arnold complete estimated marque replacement photographs build factory correspondence comfortably elegant registration family succession specially direction erstwhile 10th create sanctions adding compression ordered 28th hood richard gearbox bare-metal taken paperwork present high-profile race wins culminating olympia based preceding 90mph tourers agents nicholls performed creditably 1934 tourist trophy ards following john hindmarsh luis endurance recently departed synchromesh gears squarely established favourite wealthy form smoothed comfortable comparison earlier versions hardly considerably widened people noise harsh director racing sober 4½-litre's feeley fruitful post-war career aston martin commence briefed frame employing company's takeover revised carburettor/induction ratio raised 6.68:1 prepare handsome offered manufacturer adorned cycle wings type specified extrovert muttering speed weeks despatched bonnet locks extension tonneau cover concealed attachment left carry excess possession somerset 1953 bought owen eccleshall staffordshire 42,000 current specialist cedar classics derek green david ayre including pre-restoration workshop gillams wincanton bodywork sheets registers spares books profile exceeding possibly once-in-a-generation opportunity example amply 1933 favourable classic prestige impeccable sporting recognisable appeal frank special previous arrangements high-octane coachwork looks flamboyant promenade forever 50mph seconds offer january ignition card davies late total lg45/343r/s3 demonstrates introduced conditions team outright technical intended employer endowed motorists driving said rootes stylist components announced incorporated package fuel lagonda's suggested appearance percy dispelled rest 13.2 1937 switch record belonged motors 1940s believed 87,000 completing document improved exhaust 133.5bhp 3,400 108.2