Lagonda V12

I photographed this car at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2004 where it seems to have taken part in the Pre-War Sports Car Team Relay Race.

Sixteen teams ranging from just 3 and up to 8 cars were entered for this race listed in the programme of the event as lasting 'up to 3 hours'. There's no number 772 listed in any of the races at the event, but one of the teams in the relay race has a number 72 which is shown in the programme as P Golding's 1938 V12 Lagonda with a capacity of 4,479cc. The Lagonda V12 was produced from 1938 to 1940 with a 4½ litre engine and in 1939 two modified cars were entered for the Le Mans 24 Hour race, finishing in third and fourth places. The cars resembled the car shown above, but it is on record that several of the short chassis 'Rapide' versions of the V12 were converted by individuals to 'Le Mans' replicas, and presumably this car is one of those.