Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Low Chassis Tourer - innovative super sports car of the 1920s

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Low Chassis Tourer - innovative super sports car of the 1920s

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Created on December 13, 2019

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Bruno von Rotz

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - huge headlights, upright radiator - typical for the time

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - the roof only fitted in an emergency

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - with the low chassis design, the body sits slightly lower

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - typical Lagonda front end

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - fast on the road, if necessary the Lagonda runs well over 100 km/h fast

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - visually reminiscent of the Bentley of the time

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - as it was almost 90 years ago

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - front and rear wheels are each mounted on a rigid axle

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - impressive shape, these vehicles were not compact

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - classic tourer with elegant bodywork

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - factory bodywork according to Weymann patent

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - ready to go

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - Parts of the bodywork were covered with artificial leather according to the Weymann patent

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - no door for the driver? Yes, but on the left side of the right-hand drive car

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - Spare wheel strapped on at the rear

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - gearshift to the right of the driver, together with handbrake

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - Rev counter for the driver, speedometer for the passenger

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - Starting without ignition key, simply turn the knob to the center and press the starter button

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - rev counter up to 5000 rpm, but you shouldn't rev it that high

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - complete instrumentation

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - ignition adjustment and hand throttle on the steering wheel

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - Gear lever with additional reverse gear protection

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - the cylinder head could be removed without having to redo the valve adjustment afterwards

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - Four-cylinder two-liter engine with two high-mounted camshafts

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - the two camshafts are chain-driven

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Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - typical Lagonda radiator as worn by the cars for decades

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Lagonda 2 Litre Tourer (1931) - as it took part in Le Mans in 1928

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Lagonda M45 R (1935) - successful racing touring car

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Lagonda M45 (1935) - FS. Hindmarsh:L. Fontes in the only Lagonda victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1935

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Lagonda 2.0 L High Chassis Speed Model Tourer (1928) - at the Concours d'Elégance Suisse 2016

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Lagonda 2.0 L High Chassis Speed Model Tourer (1928) - at the Concours d'Elégance Suisse 2016

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Lagonda 2 Litre Supercharged (1929) - at the Roßfeldrennen 2013

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Lagonda 2 Litre Supercharged (1929) - at the Roßfeldrennen 2013

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Lagonda T2 Compressor (1930) - in the sports car class at the 2014 Gaisberg Race

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Lagonda T2 Compressor (1930) - in the sports car class at the 2014 Gaisberg Race

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Lagonda Z3S (1929) - Johnny Hindmarsh took 20th place in the TT 1929 in this car - Techno Classica 2015

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Lagonda 2 Liter Sport (1930) - John Duff Trophy Goodwood Members' Meeting 2019

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Lagonda 2-Litre High Chassis Speed Model Tourer (1928) - offered as lot 279 at the Bonhams auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on June 24, 2016

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Summary

In the 1920s and 1930s, the car manufacturer Lagonda was one of the crème de la crème and sold sports cars that had a large fan base. The 2 Litre Tourer even competed successfully at Le Mans and excelled with its advanced technical characteristics. Ninety years later, it still looks very sporty and leaves many a younger car behind. This driving report is dedicated to the Lagonda 14/60 HP 2 Litre Low Chassis Tourer, built from 1929, and shows it in many photos.

This article contains the following chapters

In search of innovative solutions
More luxury with the 14/60 HP
Classic chassis
Own bodies
Success in racing
Seven years of construction
How the touring car was once imagined

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Today, many people only know "Lagonda" as a type designation for Aston Martin vehicles, but before the Second World War, Lagonda was one of the most famous and renowned car manufacturers of all. Lagonda cars were something special, the designs were more advanced and different than those of the competition. You can tell immediately from the steering wheel of a 14/60 HP 2 liter tourer that you are sitting in a special car: the accelerator is positioned in the middle between the clutch and brake, first gear on the right at the front, fourth gear on the left at the rear. Shifting is done with the right hand, although the steering wheel is also on the right. For the modern driver, this takes some getting used to.

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