1939 Lagonda V12 Drophead Coupé, Frank Feeley Design Walkaround
Perhaps England's outstanding pre- World War 2 sporting luxury car was the Lagonda V12. Frontal styling by Frank Feeley was strong, but rounded, unlike the angular Rolls-Royce motif. Therefore, although some "razor edge" bodies appeared on V12 Logondas, the usual styling solution was to maintain curves. The present post presents a walkaround set of views of a 1939 Drophead Coupé sporting a factory-built body designed by Feeley. Images are via Bonhams, who put the car up for auction in 2016. Bonhams' web page dealing with that car is here . Some background on the V12 Loganda from Bonhams: "1935 had brought bankruptcy and rescue for Lagonda, the benefactor being a young solicitor named Alan Good. Good reorganized the company and recruited W. O. Bentley, who by then was disillusioned with life at Rolls-Royce which had acquired Bentley in 1931. Bentley succeeded in refining the muscular, Meadows-engined Lagondas while working on a vastly more-advanced design th...
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