givemethebighammer
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 07:10 PM |
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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 !
[Edited on 27/3/04 by givemethebighammer]
 
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 07:50 PM |
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Yeh, old Aston Martin. Was on topgear a while ago
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phelpsa
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 07:56 PM |
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Yeh, it's called the Lagonda.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 08:36 PM |
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Thats the one.. Lagonda
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givemethebighammer
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 09:23 PM |
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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
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 12:40 AM |
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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
ATB
Simon
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Alan B
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 03:24 AM |
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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
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 04:27 AM |
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Oh, OK, thought for a minute it was one of these:
Pete
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JoelP
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 12:31 PM |
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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
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 07:21 PM |
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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?
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Simon
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 08:39 PM |
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That'd be William Towns then
ATB
Simon
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 08:46 PM |
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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
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 10:20 PM |
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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
Pete
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