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Not so much a restoration as an history.
In the beginning.......

The factory (sales?) register states:

Date Finished: 12.9.80
Date Delivered: 02.10.80
Distributor: Aston Martin (Sales) Ltd
Body Type: V8 Lagonda Saloon
Colour: Telford Gold (Grey crossed out) Brown Nuella 5016
Chassis No.: LOOR13049
Engine No.: V/580/3049
Extras: Weber Automatic
Nett Amount: £33,066.00
Purchase or other Tax: Car Tax £3,340.00 VAT 15% £5,460.00
Ind. No.: LOOR13049
Remarks: None

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The first owner DL Etete was I believe a Nigerian provincial leader and government minister.
The car was sold 4th June 1984 to Peter Bolton a property developer and racing stables owner in Dorset.
It was transferred to a John Hayes of Weybridge on 23rd June 1989.
I bought it through Richard S Williams the Aston Martin specialist in Cobham on 6th October 1995 with nearly 34,000 miles on the clock.
I sold it on 26th July 2001 and repurchased it on 17th May 2002.


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An indication of the pleasures of ownership (To be continued)
It's not just the cars but the (Lagonda) people!

AMOC events:

Silverstone Display 1996

Silverstone Display 1997

Cornbury Display 1997



20th Anniversary Display Silverstone 1998

Royal Oak Challenge 1998

Donington Concours 1998 2nd

Silverstone Display 1999

Woburn Concours 1999 3rd

Millenium Display Silverstone 2000

Upton House Concours 2002 1st

Waddesdon Concours 2003 3rd



Kingston Lacey Concours 2005 2nd



Windsor Reunion 2005



Blenheim Concours 2006



Silverstone Race Meeting 2006



Brooklands Concours 2006 1st



Beaulieu Concours 2007 2nd



Chatsworth Concours 2007 1st

Waddesdon Concours 2008 4th



Bletchley Park Concours 2008 2nd



Rousham Hall Concours 2009 1st



Mapledurham House Concours 2009 3rd



Blenheim Concours 2010 2nd



Chatsworth Concours 2010 2nd

Althorp Concours 2011 1st

Chavenage Concours 2011 1st

Waddesdon Manor Concours 2012 1st

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Other events:

Lagonda Club Brooklands Display 1999

Bonhams Auction Works Service 2000

Bonhams Auction Works Service 2001



Penryn Cornwall 2001



Sorrell Towns' Wedding Warwick 2001

Bonhams Auction Works Service 2002

Bonhams Auction Works Service 2003



David Marks Nottingham 2004

Bonhams Auction Works Service 2004

Bonhams Auction Works Service 2005



M25 Tour/Ace Cafe 2005



Lake District 2006

Bonhams Auction Works Service 2006



Chateau de Gilly France 2006



Lagonda V8 Meeting in Switzerland 2006



Chateau de Monthairons France 2006

Bonhams Auction Works Service 2007



Fawsley Hall UK 2007



Lagonda V8 Meeting UK 2007

Bonhams Auction Works Service 2008



At Mike Loasby's 2008



Lagonda V8 Meeting in Germany 2008



Sunnyside 2008



Bonhams Auction Works Service 2009



Lagonda V8 Meeting in Belgium 2009



Lagondafest Potters Bar 2010



Visit to Memotrace Northampton 2010

Bonhams Auction Works Service 2010



Lagonda V8 Meeting in Holland 2010



Tickford Bridge Bicentenary Newport Pagnell 2010



Ringwood Hall Hotel 2010

Bonhams Auction Works Service 2011

Fawsley Hall Meeting UK 2011

Bromley Pageant 2011

Hever Castle 2011

Lagonda V8 Meeting in Dinard 2011

AMOC Barn Prizegiving 2012

Dorchester Meeting 2012

Bonhams Auction Works Service 2012

Lagonda V8 Meeting in Salzburg 2012





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