1936 Lagonda LG45 Drophead Coupe

An extremely pretty car, with some lovely styling touches, delightfully finished in two shades of blue, complemented by harmonising blue leather and fully-lined blue fabric hood, and excellent chrome work, which includes correct P100S headlights and long-trumpet horns. Recent attention by a Lagonda specialist has been of great benefit, and the car is very appealing all round. Correct, sound, smart, driving nicely, re-commissioned, serviced, prepared and MoT tested until January 2026.

Price £87,500

Snippets: A Nautical Car

Little is known about the early life of the LG45 but during the 1960s the car was a “nautical” car spending some 20 years in the Portsmouth area before relocating to Bristol where the restoration took place.

In 1965 the LG45 was sold by E. L. Lynch of Portsmouth to Patrick John Moore of Cowplain – he was a Mechanical Design Engineer who in 1994 was declared bankrupt.  In 1969 Patrick sold the Lagonda to his neighbour Kenneth William Connett.

During WWII K. W. Connett served in the Royal Navy with his home port being Devonport, he was serving as an Able seaman in the communications section on the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous when it was torpedoed by U-29 on the 17^th of Sept 1939 shortly after the declaration of war.  All of the Fairy Swordfish aircraft of 811 & 822 Naval Air Squadron were lost along with 518 souls.

In 1980 the LG45 was discovered in a barn in a shabby state by a Bristol man Alan S. Wyatt who restored the car over some 10 years.