Beschreibung
1981 ASTON-MARTIN LAGONDA
Chassis Number: L00R13074
Engine Number: V/ 580/ 3074
Registration Number: VPC 941X
Recorded Mileage: c. 41, 000 miles
- Two private owners from 1982 - 2019
- Recent cosmetic refresh
This particular Lagonda was first registered in August of 1981 to Saudi-based businessman Ibrahim Hassan Sharbatly. The car was specified in Scarborough Blue with a Beige leather interior, and with the registration XKX 331X. A year later the Lagonda was in new long-term ownership with a Mr. Stephen Chitty of Surrey, now wearing its current registration of VPC 941X. As such by the end of this first year the Lagonda showed three registered keepers, possibly as a result of applying and later removing private registration numbers. Registered to Mr. Chitty’s business until 1993, and to him personally until 2002, at some point in this period the Lagonda’s coachwork was refinished in black. In October of 2002 the Aston-Martin was registered to dealer Smith Parkinson of Brigg in Lincolnshire, trading the car to a Mr. Albert Edwards of Cromer in Norfolk at 35, 315 miles. Mr. Edwards appears to have kept the car until 2019, until more recently the Lagonda passed to its current owner.
Looking through the original service book, we find stamps at 9, 881 and 15, 874 miles in 1983 (H. W. Motors), at 25, 707 miles in 1985 (again by H. W. Motors), and later in 2003 at 36, 621 miles by A. Wright & Sons of Norwich. Wright & Sons appear to have maintained the car on behalf of Mr. Edwards throughout the early 2000s, as indicated by annual MoT certificates from 2002 through to 2011, and a number of service bills during this period by Wright & Sons.
When acquired by our vendor the paintwork was a little tired, and so was refinished in a deep shade of metallic black, the interior cleaned, and the car serviced ((in April 2023) with new oil, filters, plugs, rebuilding of all four carburettors, engine compression checks, and setting of timing and fuelling. The Lagonda currently shows c. 41, 000 miles recorded.
Offered complete with its original service book, wallet, handbook, warranty card and wiring diagram, and with an MoT certificate valid to November 2024, this uber-cool spaceship of a car really does merit closer attention.
This motor vehicle will be sold at auction with Dore & Rees in Frome, Somerset, on Saturday 13th April 2024. For more details contact the Motoring Department via the above details.
