Car Albums
Makers
Models
Lagonda Index
Designer: Frank Feeley
Full menu functions for the buttons above are only available if you ALLOW BLOCKED CONTENT. My menu scripts provide drop-down menus that have been tested with the latest Mozilla browsers. If the scripts do not run, limited navigation is given by these buttons

Lagonda LG6 and V12
Confusingly the Lagonda LG6 and V12 both looked alike, and had 4½litre engines. The difference was that the LG6 used the 4467cc six cylinder Meadows engine and the V12 used the new 4480cc V12 engine designed by W.O. Bentley. The V12 cars had a shorter chassis because its engine was not as long as the Meadows six, but bodystyles were shared between the two models. Announced at the 1937 Earls Court Motor Show, the LG6 had an all new chassis and WO Bentley had set out to build 'the finest car in the world', with Stuart Tresillian and Charles Sewell (also from Rolls-Royce) to assist him. Alan Good, the new proprietor of Lagonda challenged Bentley to enter 2 V12 cars in the 1939 Le Mans race, and Bentley got two cars to Le Sarthe on the understanding that performance would be held back in 1939 and a better attempt made in 1940; these V12 Lagondas finished 3rd and 4th in 1939 and of course did not run in 1940. About 190 Lagonda V12 were built
ab_Lagonda V12 1938 grille
Lagonda V12 1938 - grille. The curved top to the grille slats was new for the LG6 + V12 models.
ac_Lagonda V12 1938 head
Lagonda V12 1938. 189 V12 Lagondas were made from 1938 to 1940, in 160bhp V12 or 180bhp Rapide versions. A further 85 6-cylinder LG6 cars were produced. This car was re-engined with a diesel engine in the 1950s.
Lagonda V12 1938 frontl sports saloon
Lagonda V12 1938. Originally given a 4480cc V12 double overhead cam engine of about 160bhp, this example was converted to Gardner diesel in the 1950s.
Lagonda V12 1938 frontr sports saloon
Lagonda V12 1938. Frank Feeley designed this lovely Limousine body for both the 6-cylinder and V12 Lagondas built on the same chassis.
Lagonda V12 1938 rear sports saloon
Lagonda V12 1938. Frank Feeley designed this lovely Limousine body under WO Bentley's eye for the Lagonda V12
t_Lagonda V12 1938 tail
Lagonda V12 1938
key text:  This is the page introducing Simons love of cars from the website  RedSimon which is a series of photo albums of Simon GP Geoghegan.
The names of Pinin, Farina, and Pininfarina are also considered
There are also notes on Pininfarina
as well as the car maker
and links tothat car maker
see also my Picasa car albums
withe even more on RedSimon
Simon is also a contributor to SuperCars.Net
And also to Wikipedia
Photos may be purchased from PhotoBox