MODEL HISTORY
Founded by Wilbur Gunn and based in Staines, west of London, Lagonda made a name for itself before World War One by winning the 1910 Moscow-St Petersburg Reliability Trial and experimenting with innovations such as monocoque construction and anti-roll bars.
The marque started to focus its attention on sporting models during the 1920s, and in 1925 the 14/60 was introduced with a new overhead-valve, 1954cc, four-cylinder engine that had been designed by Arthur Davidson. It featured hemispherical combustion chambers and the twin camshafts were mounted high in the block.
For 1928, a modified version of the 14/60 was unveiled. Known as the 2-Litre Speed Model, it had revised valve timing, a higher compression ratio of 6.8:1, and twin carburettors. The gearbox was a four-speed manual, while suspension was via semi-elliptic springs front and rear, and braking was by cable-operated drums.
Three 2-Litre Speed Models were entered for the 1928 Le Mans 24 Hours, the car driven by Baron Andre d'Erlanger and Douglas Hawkes finishing 11th overall and second in class.
In 1929, the low-chassis model was introduced and the following year a supercharged variant was made available. This cost £610 for the chassis alone, but with a Powerplus or Cozette blower, it was good for 90mph. The Autocar road test said that it was 'a delightful car to handle, which shows most definitely what a supercharger, properly applied, can do.'
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