1939 Lagonda V12 Le Mans

 

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The 24 Hours of Le Mans?

Alan P. Good the owner of Lagonda decided in 1939 that two cars should be entered that years 24 Hours of Le Mans, W. O. Bentley who was now a Lagonda designer was against the idea due to having only six months development time but was overruled. Two cars were quickly produced and driven to the race where they obtained third and forth positions.

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1939 Lagonda V12 Racing Car

 

127 mph Lagonda V12 Le Mans

The Lagonda V12 Le Mans was powered by the 4.5 Litre V12 engine W. O. Bentley designed for Lagonda having left Rolls Royce with the majority of his racing department. The Lagonda V12 engine's power output was increased to 220hp by fitting a new inlet manifold, quadruple SU carburettors and raising the engines compression ratio.

Make:

Lagonda

Model:

V12 Le Mans

Class:

24 Hours of Le Mans

Year of introduction:

1939

Engine:

220hp  4.48 Litre SOHC V12

 

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The Lagonda V12 Le Mans cars damaged by a V1 in WW2

The 1939 24 Hours of Le Mans race was rapidly followed by the commencement of WW2, both of the Lagonda V12 Le Mans racing cars were placed into storage in Lagonda's Staines production facility but all but the chassis were effectively destroyed when the facility was hit in 1944 by a German V1 flying bomb (aka Doodlebug or Buzz Bomb). Fortunately Lagonda did re-build the cars around the original chassis. One of the rebuilt cars was auctioned in September 2012 for £1,289,500.

 
 

 

1939 Lagonda V12 Le Mans

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