1979 Aston Martin Lagonda

• This car’s AMOC Register entry reads: “First real production car, delivered February (1979)”
• First registered on the 8th February 1979 with the penultimate owner, prior to our vendor, owning the car for 30 years
• Clothed in striking 'razor edge' bodywork designed by William Towns with a luxurious interior of selected Connolly hides and Walnut
• Documented restoration by Aston Martin Works in 1986 and further enhanced by our vendor since purchase in 2017 with bills for over £30,000
• With an odometer reading of 4,294 miles (atoc) and believed to have featured in the Lagonda brochure, this car is of serious consideration.

With the success of its sports coupe and volante roadsters, Aston Martin periodically revived the Lagonda name seeing it applied to a stretched, four-door AM V8 in the mid-1970s, a mere handful of which saw production. When the concept re-emerged as an entirely new product type, it was the sensation of the 1976 London Motor Show. Clothed in striking 'razor edge' bodywork designed by William Towns - the man responsible for the DBS - the new Lagonda saloon, designated 'Series 2', used the same long-wheelbase V8 chassis as its immediate predecessor, while breaking new ground in terms of digital LCD instrumentation and touch-button switch gear.

'13010' belonged to the previous owner for 30 years and has covered only 4,294 miles since a complete rebuild by Aston Martin in March 1986, invoices and correspondence on file. Stored for the fourteen years until purchase by our vendor in 2017, the car required extensive re-commissioning with bills on file amounting to some £30,000. Accompanying paperwork consists of a V5 registration document and the aforementioned bills from Aston Martin relating to the 1986 rebuild and a fresh MOT is planned prior to auction.