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givemethebighammer

posted on 27/3/04 at 07:10 PM Reply With Quote
Saw this crazy car the other day

I saw this crazy looking car the other day and set out to find out what it was.

I was very surprised when I found out.



Aston Martin !

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Ben_Copeland

posted on 27/3/04 at 07:50 PM Reply With Quote
Yeh, old Aston Martin. Was on topgear a while ago





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phelpsa

posted on 27/3/04 at 07:56 PM Reply With Quote
Yeh, it's called the Lagonda.
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Ben_Copeland

posted on 27/3/04 at 08:36 PM Reply With Quote
Thats the one.. Lagonda





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givemethebighammer

posted on 27/3/04 at 09:23 PM Reply With Quote
Looks like an American car, was it designed to be sold into the American market ? Only I couldn't see much call for it on this side of the pond
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Simon

posted on 28/3/04 at 12:40 AM Reply With Quote
IIRC this cost about 75grand in about 1978 (when launched) when a three bed semi (in reasonable area) would cost about 15k.

Ugly as sin, v. unreliable electronic inst. panel (hence late deliveries).

PoS really

Imho oc

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Alan B

posted on 28/3/04 at 03:24 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
Yeh, it's called the Lagonda.


Not quite...Lagonda is/was a marque in it's own right and was/is owned by AM...

This particular car was badged a Lagonda

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pbura

posted on 28/3/04 at 04:27 AM Reply With Quote
Oh, OK, thought for a minute it was one of these:







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JoelP

posted on 28/3/04 at 12:31 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by pbura
Oh, OK, thought for a minute it was one of these...



...which to an englishman is actually quite a nice example an old US motor. The aston is butt ugly.






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Mark Allanson

posted on 28/3/04 at 07:21 PM Reply With Quote
It was designed by the same chap who did the wooden kit cars about 20 years ago, Hustlers, all you needed was 5 sheets of marine ply and a mini or 2 mini's if you had the 6 wheel version.

The marine ply idea seems to have been carried on to the Lagonda!

Was it William Towns?





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Simon

posted on 28/3/04 at 08:39 PM Reply With Quote
That'd be William Towns then

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stephen_gusterson

posted on 28/3/04 at 08:46 PM Reply With Quote
To an englishman, that looks like the ark royal.....


quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
quote:
Originally posted by pbura
Oh, OK, thought for a minute it was one of these...



...which to an englishman is actually quite a nice example an old US motor. The aston is butt ugly.







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pbura

posted on 28/3/04 at 10:20 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
To an englishman, that looks like the ark royal.....


Starting to look like the Biblical ark to me; the big boats of yore are steadily disappearing





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