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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:34 am    Post subject: Spotted in Manhattan this week Reply with quote

http://www.amoc.org/forum/index.php?topic=30589.msg286734#msg286734
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

VIN between 13385 & 13539.
Wheels from VIN 13437 ???
LHD
Not US nor Middle East Car ( no sidelights )
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That late Series 3 (one of the last 35 cars - with VFC dash) has been stuck in the unknown section of the gallery for many years:

http://www.vassard.dk/lagonda/unknown/035.html

It is spotted quite frequently in New York (lots of photos on Instagram etc. taken by various car spotters). But it has also been spotted in Europe a few years ago.

I have done a bit of digging on the internet and found out who the owner is:

Oliver Renaud-Clément, a New York art dealer with a passion for wedge cars (Lagonda, Ferrari 308 GT4, Ferrari 400i, Maserati Ghibli).
All his cars have registration numbers with his initials “ORC” + “NYC" + a number (1 - 4)

More about his ORCNYC registered cars:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4cIe3Yu8W8

https://autofrei.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/the-orc-cars-part-6/

https://autofrei.wordpress.com/category/orcnyc/

http://decojournal.com/olivier-renaud-clements-long-island-white-castle/


I noticed this quote in one of the above articles:

Quote:
” When he bought his Lagonda, again a California car, he said he got screwed. By that he meant the Aston was burned so badly it needed a new VIN, not to mentiion a complete engine rebuild. But, as M. Renaud-Clément was keen to point out, the electronics worked fine, and he’s never had any trouble with them.


The car is currently painted white, but I have a suspicion that it could have changed color at some point. The reason for this is another US car in the unknown section of the gallery:

http://www.vassard.dk/lagonda/unknown/034.html

- The rather unusual steering wheel color + the similar unusual light blue color of the carpets match the unknown white car. And both have the VFC dash. Plus both have what appears to be a similar aftermarket stoplight mounted in the rear window.

But it could also be this one (with burn damage):

http://www.vassard.dk/lagonda/gallery/13536.html


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Super sleuth Soren!
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Olivier Renaud-Clement car is 13528.
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