Lagonda of Staines, Middlesex
The name goes back to 1898 when Wilbur Gunn made a series of high-powered tricars.[1]
1904 Alfred Henry Cranmer Alf joins the business and ran the company after 1920
1907 First car launched.
WWI They produced 50,000 shells per week.
1920 Wilbur Gunn died
1935 The receiver was called in and the company was bought by Alan Good.
1940 "Wyndham Hewitt, Ltd, with which is associated, Lagonda Motors, has now formed a subsidiary company, Bryce Fuel Injection, Ltd., with headquarters at the Lagonda Works, at Staines."[2]
WWII The company produced flame-throwers based on a design by R. P. Frazer, a director of the company.
1945 Sold Oil Engines (Coventry) to Brush.
1948 the company was taken over by David Brown and Sons and the company moved in with Aston Martin, which David Brown had also acquired, in Feltham, Middlesex.
Cars
- See Lagonda: Cars
Motorcycles
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia
- British Motor Cars 1950/51