The Olympia Motor Show car from 1930/Racing history
The Olympia Motor Show car from 1930/Racing history
The Olympia Motor Show car from 1930
Racing history
Probably the very first production 2-liter Lagonda with supercharger
Restored by brand experts in England
In 1930, Lagonda presented the revised version of the 2-liter. Thanks to the supercharger fitted in front of the engine, the car now had significantly more power and reached a top speed of an impressive 140 km/h
The car offered by Cargold is the exhibition car from the 1930 Olympia Motor Show (London). The Lagonda was bought by T.C. Mann directly from the exhibition stand in order to race it.
It is probably the very first production 2 liter with supercharger that Lagonda built.
From 1930 to 1933, Mann successfully took part in races throughout Europe. Photos from this period are available.
The most important events were the Monte Carlo Rally in 1931 and 1932 and the Mont des Mules Hill Climb, which GK3466 won two years in a row (class up to 2 liters).
After the war, cars were rare and many chassis that were still in working order were converted into commercial vehicles. GK3466 was also given a new body (shooting break)
It remained in use until 1962, when it was parked with other vehicles in a field near Yorkshire.
John Horne discovered it there in 1986 and decided to rebuild GK3466 due to its great importance for the Lagonda brand.
Over the next few years it was restored with incredible attention to detail with the help of Charles Battersby, Hartley Wintney, Alan Brown, Ivan Forshaw, and Barry Simpson, among others.
In 1999 the completed rolling chassis was proudly presented at Lagondas 100th anniversary celebrations in Brooklands.
In 2003 John Horne received the Transport Trust Restoration Award for the extremely careful restoration. Tragically, Horne died a few months later.
The car was resold in 2006 and has been under current ownership in Germany since 2012.
The vehicle is known in literature and appears, among others, in the book by Geoffrey Seaton.
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