{"id":213422,"date":"2016-04-21T20:49:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T20:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=213422"},"modified":"2024-05-31T20:13:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T20:13:33","slug":"1936-lagonda-lg45r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/","title":{"rendered":"1936 Lagonda LG45R"},"content":{"rendered":"

1936 Lagonda LG45R<\/h1>\n

In 1936 Lagonda, under the direction of W.O. Bentley, prepared four factory race cars for the semi-official Fox & Nicholls team. These would promote the LG45 chassis which brought Lagonda into the luxury car market.<\/span><\/p>\n

These special competition variants included a pair of four-seat Le Mans-style tourers and another pair of more sporting two-seat tourers.<\/p>\n

These cars were typically painted Fox & Nicholls\u2019 normal racing red livery and competed at the top level of motor sports. The cars were first seen at the 1936 Grand Prix de l\u2019ACF at Montlh\u00e9ry and continued a long career at tracks like Le Mans and Brooklands.<\/p>\n

Riding on the 1935 Lagonda victory at Le Mans, Fox & Nicholls took one LG45 to contest the 24 hour race. Driven by Charles Brackenbury and John Hindmarsh but retired during the night with mechanical trouble.<\/p>\n

Later, the Le Mans car, \u2018EPE 97\u2019 was loaned to loaned to Alan Hess to set a new 1-hour sports car record of 104.4 miles around the Brooklands circuit. Driven in the wet, and in full touring trim with headlights and a passenger, this Lagonda became the fastest production model in Britain.<\/p>\n

Later, Lagonda developed a special body by Frank Freely to sell road-going versions of the LG45 Rapide to the public. Only 25 such replicas were made.<\/p>\n

Sales and Chassis<\/h4>\n

12111 – Registered ‘EPE97’ this is the Alan Hess Sports Car record breaking car and one of the most well known of all Lagondas. It reached an average speed of 104.4 mph around Brooklands for a complete hour. It also competed in the 1936 Grand Prix de L\u2019ACF, 1936 and 1937 RAC Tourist Trophy,1936 BRDC Brooklands 500-Mile Race, 1937 Le Mans, 1952 Goodwood Nine Hours. After the war, the car was recommissioned by Joe Goodhew who lowered the body 10 inches and raced the sixteen year old car in the 1953 Goodwood Nine Hours.<\/p>\n

Colonel L.S. Michael then bought the car and raced it in more than 120 events. By 1974 the car was restored, including repatching 10 inches of height back into the body and was used little until its sale by auction in 1987. Afterwards it was actively used in historic racing with its original engine crated. The car was auctioned by Bonhams at their 2008 Quail Lodge sale for $1,382,000 USD inclusive of buyer’s premium.<\/p>\n

\r\n
\r\n \r\n\t\t\t\t\"1936\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n <\/div><\/figure>\n

In Detail<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
submitted by<\/td>\nRichard Owen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
type<\/td>\nRacing Car<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
built at<\/td>\nSurrey, England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
engine<\/td>\nSanction III Meadows Inline-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
valvetrain<\/td>\nPushrod<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
fuel feed<\/td>\nTwin SU Carburetors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
power<\/td>\n96.9 kw \/ 130 bhp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
front brakes<\/td>\nDrums<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rear brakes<\/td>\nDrums<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
wheelbase<\/td>\n3279.1 mm \/ 129.1 in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
transmission<\/td>\nMeadows 4-Speed Manual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1936 Lagonda LG45R In 1936 Lagonda, under the direction of W.O. Bentley, prepared four factory race cars for the semi-official Fox & Nicholls team. These would promote the LG45 chassis which brought Lagonda into the luxury car market. These special competition variants included a pair of four-seat Le Mans-style tourers and another pair of more sporting two-seat tourers. These cars were typically painted Fox & Nicholls\u2019 normal racing red livery and competed at the top level of motor sports. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2183,1916,9348,17105],"tags":[3935,16840,1921,18350,13061,17106],"class_list":["post-213422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1930s","category-lagonda","category-guides","category-model-guides-production-cars","tag-1930s","tag-1930s-cars","tag-lagonda","tag-lagonda-model-guides-all","tag-car-profiles","tag-model-guides-production-cars"],"yoast_head":"\n1936 Lagonda LG45R<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1936 Lagonda LG45R\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1936 Lagonda LG45R In 1936 Lagonda, under the direction of W.O. Bentley, prepared four factory race cars for the semi-official Fox & Nicholls team. These would promote the LG45 chassis which brought Lagonda into the luxury car market. These special competition variants included a pair of four-seat Le Mans-style tourers and another pair of more sporting two-seat tourers. These cars were typically painted Fox & Nicholls\u2019 normal racing red livery and competed at the top level of motor sports. The […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-21T20:49:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-31T20:13:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1936_Lagonda_LG45R12.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editorial Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editorial Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editorial Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/08906293a84eafb03312b711c1507c7e\"},\"headline\":\"1936 Lagonda LG45R\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-21T20:49:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-31T20:13:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":423,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/1936_Lagonda_LG45R12.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"1930s All\",\"1930s Cars\",\"Lagonda\",\"Lagonda Model Guides (All)\",\"Model Guides (All)\",\"Model Guides (Production Cars)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"1930s Cars\",\"Lagonda\",\"Model Guides (All)\",\"Model Guides (Production Cars)\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/\",\"name\":\"1936 Lagonda LG45R\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/1936_Lagonda_LG45R12.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-21T20:49:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-31T20:13:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/08906293a84eafb03312b711c1507c7e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/1936_Lagonda_LG45R12.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/1936_Lagonda_LG45R12.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"1936 Lagonda LG45R\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"1936 Lagonda LG45R\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/08906293a84eafb03312b711c1507c7e\",\"name\":\"Editorial Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/196-293x293.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/196-293x293.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/196-293x293.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Editorial Team\"},\"description\":\"Regular people by day, car obsessed nutcases by night. We are like kids in a candy store, except the candy is made of metal, goes vroom-vroom, and occasionally bankrupts us faster than a sugar rush at a candy store sale! We spend hours debating the merits of turbochargers versus superchargers, and our weekends are a never-ending quest for the perfect polish and wax combo. We can identify every make and model by the sound of a revving engine, and our idea of a romantic evening is a candlelit dinner with our cars in the garage.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Supercars.net\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/super.cars.fans\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/supercars_net\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/supercars\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"1936 Lagonda LG45R","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"1936 Lagonda LG45R","og_description":"1936 Lagonda LG45R In 1936 Lagonda, under the direction of W.O. Bentley, prepared four factory race cars for the semi-official Fox & Nicholls team. These would promote the LG45 chassis which brought Lagonda into the luxury car market. These special competition variants included a pair of four-seat Le Mans-style tourers and another pair of more sporting two-seat tourers. These cars were typically painted Fox & Nicholls\u2019 normal racing red livery and competed at the top level of motor sports. The […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2016-04-21T20:49:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-31T20:13:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1936_Lagonda_LG45R12.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editorial Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editorial Team","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/"},"author":{"name":"Editorial Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/08906293a84eafb03312b711c1507c7e"},"headline":"1936 Lagonda LG45R","datePublished":"2016-04-21T20:49:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-31T20:13:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/"},"wordCount":423,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1936_Lagonda_LG45R12.jpg","keywords":["1930s All","1930s Cars","Lagonda","Lagonda Model Guides (All)","Model Guides (All)","Model Guides (Production Cars)"],"articleSection":["1930s Cars","Lagonda","Model Guides (All)","Model Guides (Production Cars)"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/","name":"1936 Lagonda LG45R","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1936_Lagonda_LG45R12.jpg","datePublished":"2016-04-21T20:49:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-31T20:13:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/08906293a84eafb03312b711c1507c7e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1936_Lagonda_LG45R12.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1936_Lagonda_LG45R12.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"1936 Lagonda LG45R"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1936-lagonda-lg45r\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"1936 Lagonda LG45R"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/08906293a84eafb03312b711c1507c7e","name":"Editorial Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/196-293x293.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/196-293x293.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/196-293x293.jpg","caption":"Editorial Team"},"description":"Regular people by day, car obsessed nutcases by night. We are like kids in a candy store, except the candy is made of metal, goes vroom-vroom, and occasionally bankrupts us faster than a sugar rush at a candy store sale! We spend hours debating the merits of turbochargers versus superchargers, and our weekends are a never-ending quest for the perfect polish and wax combo. We can identify every make and model by the sound of a revving engine, and our idea of a romantic evening is a candlelit dinner with our cars in the garage.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.supercars.net","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","https:\/\/instagram.com\/super.cars.fans","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/supercars_net"],"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/supercars\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}